Table 2.
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of the royal jelly samples against skin pathogenic bacteria.
| Royal JellySamples | MIC and MBC (mg/mL) * | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested Bacteria | ||||||||||||
| Corynebacterium spp. | C. acnes | MRSA | P. aeruginosa | S. aureus | S. epidermidis | |||||||
| MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | MIC | MBC | |
| RJ-LP1 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| RJ-CM1 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| RJ-CM2 | 18.75 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 |
| RJ-CM3 | 18.75 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 37.50 | 150.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 |
| RJ-CM4 | 18.75 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 75.00 |
| RJ-CM5 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 37.50 | 37.50 |
| RJ-CM6 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| RJ-CM7 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 37.50 | 37.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| RJ-CM8 | 18.75 | 18.75 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 150.00 | 150.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| Control | ||||||||||||
| Gentamicin | 0.0039 | 0.0039 | 0.0039 | 0.0039 | ND | ND | 0.0039 | 0.0039 | 0.0078 | 0.0156 | 0.0039 | 0.0078 |
| Vancomycin | ND | ND | ND | ND | 0.0020 | 0.0020 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
* The data represent mean values of three replicates ± SD. ND: Not determined. RJ-LP: Royal jelly from Lamphun province, Thailand. RJ-CM: Royal jelly from Chiang Mai province, Thailand.