Table 1.

MIC ^a and MBC ^a of essential oils chitosan nanoparticle suspensions (EO-CNPs) and empty chitosan nanoparticle suspensions (CNPs) against different microbial strains.

	S. aureus ATCC 29213		E. coli ATCC 25922		L. monocytogenes ATCC 19118
	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC
Th-CNPs	0.06	0.06	0.12	0.12	0.03	0.03
Th-EO	2	2	2	2	1	2
Or-CNPs	0.03	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.03	0.03
Or-EO	4	4	4	4	2	4
CNPs	0.03	>0.50	0.06	0.50	0.03	0.06

^a MIC and ^a MBC are expressed in mg/mL.