Table 3.

The sporicidal activity of β-asarone against the spores of B. cereus ATCC33019.

Concentration (µg/mL (% w/v))	Time (h)
	1	2	3	4
0.00	a 6.17 ± 0.15	a 6.17 ± 0.15	a 6.17 ± 0.15	a 6.17 ± 0.15
62.5	b 5.87 ± 0.02	b 5.58 ± 0.02	b 5.35 ± 0.03	b 5.13 ± 0.05
125	c 4.63 ± 0.03	c 4.51 ± 0.02	c 4.42 ± 0.02	c 4.30 ± 0.02
250	c 4.12 ± 0.02	c 4.10 ± 0.10	d 3.98 ± 0.02	d 3.87 ± 0.02
500	d 3.88 ± 0.01	d 3.67 ± 0.01	d 3.48 ± 0.04	d 3.25 ± 0.07
1000	d 3.08 ± 0.23	e 2.74 ± 0.04	e 0.00 ± 0.00	e 0.00 ± 0.00

Results are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Significant differences in means (n = 2 × 3). Within the same column is indicated with different letters (p < 0.05).