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. 2022 Jul 13;77(3):427–435. doi: 10.1007/s11130-022-00983-2

Table 4.

Antimicrobial activity of neutralized juices against bacterial strains tested by diffusion assay

Tested juice Zone of inhibition [mm]
Gram-positive test strains
Staphylococcus aureus Enterococcus faecalis Listeria monocytogenes Listeria inocua Bacillus cereus Clostridium perfringens
G3 2G 01 24 11 07 67 74 LI0001 1 9 Clpe0001
  Elderberry 0 0 16 ± 1.6c 0 0 0 18 ± 1.2c 19 ± 0.5c 15 ± 0.9c 17 ± 0.9c 17 ± 1.2c 0
  Chokeberry 19 ± 0.5c 19 ± 1.2c 17 ± 1.6c 0 0 0 20 ± 0.5c 19 ± 0.8c 20 ± 0.8b 21 ± 0.5b 20 ± 0.8b 0
  Cranberry 20 ± 1.6c 21 ± 1.7b 20 ± 0.0b 20 ± 1.2a 20 ± 1.2a 23 ± 1.2a 20 ± 0.5c 20 ± 0.9c 22 ± 1.2b 20 ± 0.0b 20 ± 0.9b 20 ± 0.0a
  Wild rose 22 ± 2.2c 12 ± 2.1d 14 ± 0.0d 0 0 0 13 ± 0.9d 13 ± 0.9e 0 0 0 0
  Japanese quince 32 ± 0.9a 30 ± 0.0a 30 ± 0.5a 22 ± 1.2a 18 ± 0.0b 18 ± 0.0b 28 ± 0.9a 30 ± 0.5a 24 ± 0.0a 25 ± 0.9a 22 ± 0.0b 17 ± 0.5b
  Sea buckthorn 25 ± 0.9b 23 ± 0.5b 20 ± 0.9b 0 0 0 25 ± 0.0b 25 ± 0.5b 25 ± 0.9a 22 ± 0.9b 25 ± 0.5a 0
  Noni 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 ± 0.5c 17 ± 0.9d 20 ± 0.0b 0 0 0
Gram-negative test strains
Escherichia coli Klebsiella pneumonie Salmonella typhimurium Salmonella enteritidis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens
31 22 26 34 003 63 s 235 61 s PA0001 ATCC13625
  Elderberry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Chokeberry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Cranberry 24 ± 0.9a 22 ± 0.0a 22 ± 0.5a 19 ± 1.2a 0 20 ± 1.2b 22 ± 0.5a 20 ± 1.7a 0 0
  Wild rose 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 ± 0.5b 0 0 0
  Japanese quince 0 0 22 ± 0.5a 20 ± 0.9a 0 24 ± 1.7a 22 ± 0.0a 20 ± 0.0a 23 ± 0.9a 0
  Sea buckthorn 0 0 0 20 ± 0.9a 0 20 ± 0.5b 19 ± 1.2a 22 ± 0.9a 21 ± 0.9a 20 ± 0.5a
  Noni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statistical analysis was performed by one-way ANOVA using the Tukey’s post hoc test: different letters in the same column indicate statistical significance (p ≤ 0.05)