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. 2022 Nov 25;27(23):8227. doi: 10.3390/molecules27238227

Table 4.

Inhibitory activity of the EOs on the biofilm, at 0 and 24 h.

Time 0 A. baumannii E. coli L. monocytogenes P. aeruginosa S. aureus
EG
10 µL/mL
82.48 ± 0.2 **** 85.44 ± 0.2 **** 85.03 ± 0.1 **** 89.62 ± 0.2 **** 87.17 ± 0.1 ****
EG
20 µL/mL
92.53 ± 0.1 **** 86.39 ± 0.2 **** 87.56 ± 0.2 **** 91.40 ± 0.1 **** 93.73 ± 0.1 ****
EH
10 µL/mL
37.53 ± 0.2 **** 47.00 ± 0.3 **** 77.59 ± 0.3 **** 78.81 ± 0.2 **** 84.23 ± 0.1 ****
EH
20 µL/mL
74.98 ± 0.3 **** 78.44 ± 0.4 **** 81.06 ± 0.3 **** 79.71 ± 0.3 **** 84.99 ± 0.2 ****
EP
10 µL/mL
92.08 ± 0.2 **** 89.71 ± 0.2 **** 79.13 ± 0.2 **** 84.81 ± 0.1 **** 88.51 ± 0.1 ****
EP
20 µL/mL
92.37 ± 0.1 **** 94.39 ± 0.1 **** 86.65 ± 0.2 **** 90.64 ± 0.1 **** 95.04 ± 0.2 ****
ELE
10 µL/mL
73.89 ± 0.3 **** 60.58 ± 0.3 **** 0.00 ± 0.00 64.08 ± 0.3 **** 77.32 ± 0.2 ****
ELE
20 µL/mL
79.61 ± 0.2 **** 89.92 ± 0.2 **** 92.14 ± 0.1 **** 89.48 ± 0.1 **** 86.03 ± 0.2 ****
ELO
10 µL/mL
84.82 ± 0.1 **** 85.64 ± 0.2 **** 82.19 ± 0.3 **** 80.91 ± 0.2 **** 62.11 ± 0.3 ****
ELO
20 µL/mL
86.09 ± 0.1 **** 88.16 ± 0.1 **** 88.14 ± 0.3 **** 87.38 ± 0.2 **** 73.98 ± 0.2 ****
EV
10 µL/mL
59.39 ± 0.1 **** 54.29 ± 0.2 **** 0.00 ± 0.00 83.31 ± 0.3 **** 4.36 ± 0.1 ****
EV
20 µL/mL
63.16 ± 0.2 **** 77.07 ± 0.2 **** 98.67 ± 0.1 **** 93.70 ± 0.1 **** 58.84 ± 0.2 ****
EW
10 µL/mL
89.15 ± 0.2 **** 77.64 ± 0.1 **** 0.00 ± 0.00 89.24 ± 0.2 **** 59.16 ± 0.2 ****
EW
20 µL/mL
89.43 ± 0.2 **** 91.00 ± 0.1 **** 88.78 ± 0.2 **** 90.09 ± 0.1 **** 75.90 ± 0.2 ****
24 h A. baumannii E. coli L. monocytogenes P. aeruginosa S. aureus
EG
10 µL/mL
67.88 ± 0.3 **** 33.66 ± 0.2 **** 24.31 ± 0.2 **** 78.64 ± 0.2 **** 71.21 ± 0.4 ****
EG
20 µL/mL
68.39 ± 0.2 **** 33.31 ± 0.2 **** 35.76 ± 0.1 **** 81.79 ± 0.3 **** 87.15 ± 0.2 ****
EH
10 µL/mL
9.32 ± 0.1 **** 52.23 ± 0.2 **** 6.10 ± 0.1 **** 53.15 ± 0.2 **** 73.93 ± 0.2 ****
EH
20 µL/mL
51.64 ± 0.2 **** 53.28 ± 0.2 **** 25.63 ± 0.2 **** 59.50 ± 0.1 **** 75.65 ± 0.3 ****
EP
10 µL/mL
52.16 ± 0.2 **** 26.85 ± 0.2 **** 6.18 ± 0.1 **** 59.35 ± 0.2 **** 82.33 ± 0.2 ****
EP
20 µL/mL
71.31 ± 0.2 **** 36.34 ± 0.2 **** 67.88 ± 0.2 **** 87.56 ± 0.3 **** 88.84 ± 0.3 ****
ELE
10 µL/mL
52.15 ± 0.2 **** 62.56 ± 0.2 **** 0.00 ± 0.00 34.58 ± 0.2 **** 52.13 ± 0.4 ****
ELE
20 µL/mL
70.90 ± 0.3 65.96 ± 0.2 **** 61.19 ± 0.2 **** 57.35 ± 0.2 **** 58.20 ± 0.4 ****
ELO
10 µL/mL
62.15 ± 0.3 **** 1.77 ± 0.2 * 63.33 ± 0.2 **** 52.63 ± 0.3 **** 55.23 ± 0.3 ****
ELO
20 µL/mL
68.94 ± 0.2 **** 50.42 ± 0.2 **** 65.22 ± 0.1 **** 52.71 ± 0.2 **** 60.41 ± 0.3 ****
EV
10 µL/mL
14.70 ± 0.1 **** 0.30 ± 0.2 0.00 ± 0.00 5.49 ± 0.1 *** 50.77 ± 0.2 ****
EV
20 µL/mL
25.29 ± 0.1 **** 39.64 ± 0.2 **** 4.39 ± 0.1 **** 20.44 ± 0.1 **** 53.49 ± 0.1 ****
EW
10 µL/mL
30.58 ± 0.1 **** 25.46 ± 0.2 **** 0.00 ± 0.00 56.68 ± 0.2 **** 94.55 ± 0.1 ****
EW
20 µL/mL
36.92 ± 0.2 **** 41.65 ± 0.2 **** 57.27 ± 0.2 **** 63.53 ± 0.1 **** 95.83 ± 0.1 ****

The data are the inhibition percentages calculated with respect to the untreated bacteria used as control and are reported as the mean of three independent experiments ± SD, * p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001,. ****p < 0.0001 compared with control (ANOVA followed by Dunnett’s multiple comparison test). EG = E. griffithsii, EH = E. hemiphloia, ELE = E. lesoufii, ELO = E. longicornis, EP = E. pyriformis, EV = E. viminalis, EW = E. wandoo.