TABLE 4.

Inhibitory Potential (IP) of the active films incorporating pulp and seed phenolic extracts of S. cumini (L.) Skeels against the evaluated bacteria.

Bacteria	Phenolic extract
	Pulp		Seed
	Concentration (mg GAE/g of pulp)	IP*	Concentration (mg GAE/g of seed)	IP*
E. coli	2.00 × 10–4	N.I.	7.28 × 10–4	N.I.
P. aeruginosa	2.00 × 10–4	N.I.	7.28 × 10–4	N.I.
P. fluorescens	2.00 × 10–4	0.46	7.28 × 10–4	1.50
Salmonella Typhimurium	2.00 × 10–4	N.I.	7.28 × 10–4	0.48
L. monocytogenes	2.00 × 10–4	2.06	7.28 × 10–4	0.60
S. aureus	2.00 × 10–4	1.62	7.28 × 10–4	1.62

GAE, gallic acid equivalent; IP, inhibitory potential equal to 1 indicates 10-fold inhibition, due to logarithmic scale; N.I., no inhibition. * We considered no inhibition when bacterial populations between treatment and control differed by less than twofold (IP < 0.301).