. 2022 Jun 15;2022:2844880. doi: 10.1155/2022/2844880

Table 4.

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), and MBC/MIC values of the essential oils (EOs) of Salvia officinalis and Mentha suaveolens against the ten tested bacterial strains.

Bacterial strain	S. officinalis			M. suaveolens			Chloramphenicol
Bacterial strain	MIC	MBC	MBC/MIC	MIC	MBC	MBC/MIC	MIC	MBC	MBC/MIC
Escherichia coli	3.12^a,b	6.25^a,b	2	1.56^b	1.56^b	1	4.0	4.0	1
Salmonella typhimurium	6.25^a,b	12.5^a,b	2	3.12^b	6.25^b	2	4.0	8.0	2
Klebsiella pneumoniae	3.12^a,b	6.25^a,b	2	1.56^b	1.56^b	1	4.0	4.0	1
Proteus mirabilis	3.12^a,b	6.25^a,b	2	1.56^b	3.12^b	2	4.0	8.0	2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	25.0^b	50.0^a,b	2	25.0^b	25.0^b	1	64	64	1
Staphylococcus aureus	0.78^a,b	1.56^a,b	2	0.39^b	0.39^b	1	2.0	4.0	2
Staphylococcus epidermidis	1.56^a,b	1.56^a,b	1	0.78^b	1.56^b	2	4.0	4.0	1
Enterococcus faecalis	3.12^a,b	3.12^a,b	1	1.56^b	1.56^b	1	2.0	4.0	2
Listeria monocytogenes	0.78^a,b	1.56^a,b	2	0.78^b	0.78^b	1	2.0	2.0	1
Bacillus cereus	1.56^a,b	1.56^a,b	1	0.78^b	1.56^b	2	4.0	4.0	1

Values of MIC and MBC for the tested EOs are in mg/mL, while for chloramphenicol are in μg/mL. ^a,bP < 0.05 vs. M. suaveolens EO and chloramphenicol, respectively.