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. 2022 Mar 29;11(7):992. doi: 10.3390/foods11070992

Table 7.

Antimicrobial activity index (%) for peels and seeds extracts of Acco, Big Full, and Wonderful cultivars, from both extractions, relative to penicillin.

Extraction Method By-Product Cultivar E. coli P. aeruginosa S. aureus B. cereus
Conventional Peels Acco −100.0 ± 0.0 −33.4 ± 2.6 8.7 ± 0.5 100.0 ± 0.0
Big Full −100.0 ± 0.0 −40.7 ± 4.7 12.5 ± 4.4 100.0 ± 0.0
Wonderful −100.0 ± 0.0 −40.3 ± 1.2 11.9 ± 0.7 100.0 ± 0.0
Seeds Acco −100.0 ± 0.0 −82.4 ± 30.4 4.3 ± 2.0 100.0 ± 0.0
Big Full −100.0 ± 0.0 −100.0 ± 0.0 −6.2 ± 2.2 0.0 ± 0.0
Wonderful −100.0 ± 0.0 −43.7 ± 1.2 11.3 ± 4.5 100.0 ± 0.0
Sonication Peels Acco −100.0 ± 0.0 −34.3 ± 2.4 −6.4 ± 5.9 100.0 ± 0.0
Big Full −100.0 ± 0.0 −39.7 ± 8.4 4.3 ± 1.2 100.0 ± 0.0
Wonderful −100.0 ± 0.0 −39.9 ± 4.3 0.9 ± 0.3 100.0 ± 0.0
Seeds Acco −100.0 ± 0.0 −66.5 ± 29.0 −11.9 ± 7.3 100.0 ± 0.0
Big Full −100.0 ± 0.0 −100.0 ± 0.0 −16.1 ± 2.7 0.0 ± 0.0
Wonderful −100.0 ± 0.0 −43.8 ± 3.1 −9.0 ± 3.7 100.0 ± 0.0

Results are expressed as mean values ± standard deviation of three replicates (n = 3).