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. 2020 Jun 26;5(3):e19.00079. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.OA.19.00079

TABLE II.

Antimicrobial Efficacy of Plant Secondary Metabolites Against Skin and Wound Pathogens*

Treatment (100 mM) S. aureus C. acnes MRSA P. aeruginosa
PCA I/CZ/8 mm I/CZ/22 mm I/CZ/9 mm I/CZ/10 mm
Delphinidin I/CZ/10 mm I/NZ I/CZ/7 mm NI/NZ
Pelargonidin I/CZ/3 mm I/CZ/1 mm I/CZ/4 mm NI/NZ
Cyanidin Cl I/CZ/1 mm NI/NZ I/CZ/3 mm NI/NZ
28% C-3-G I/NZ I/CZ/23 mm I/CZ/4 mm I/CZ/2 mm
2,4,6-THBA I/CZ/13 mm NI/NZ I/CZ/14 mm I/CZ/3 mm
Vanillic acid I/CZ/1 mm NT I/CZ/1 mm I/NZ
Hippuric acid NI/NZ NT I/CZ/1 mm NI/NZ
*

PCA = protocatechuic acid, I = inhibition of growth under the sample, CZ = clear zone of inhibition surrounding the sample and zone width in millimeters, NZ = no zone of inhibition surrounding the sample, NI = no inhibition of growth under the sample, Cl = chloride, C-3-G = cyanidine-3-glucoside, 2,4,6-THBA = 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoic acid, and NT = not tested.