Table 3.
Disk diffusion of 60% EtOH, hot water extracts from Zanthoxylum piperitum DC against target strains

Extracts Strains Clear zone on plate (mm)1)
Concentration (mg/mL)
3.1 6.25 12.5 25 50 100
60% EtOH E.coli O157:H7 10.502) 11.50 14.00 18.00 21.00 24.00
E.coli 10.00 11.50 14.00 17.00 21.00 23.00
Salmonella typhimurium 10.00 12.00 14.50 17.00 21.00 24.00
Staphylococcus aureus 10.00 11.50 15.00 18.00 21.00 25.00
MRSA 10.00 12.00 15.00 17.50 21.00 23.00
Bacillus cereus 9.00 11.50 14.00 18.00 20.50 25.00
Hot water E.coli O157:H7 8.00 8.00b 8.50c 13.50 17.50 19.501bc
E.coli 9.50 10.00a 11.00b 14.50 17.00 19.00c
Salmonella typhimurium 9.50 10.00a 11.25b 14.00 17.00 20.00bc
Staphylococcus aureus 9.50 10.50a 12.50a 15.00 17.50 22.00a
MRSA 8.75 10.50a 12.00ab 14.50 17.00 20.50b
Bacillus cereus 8.00 8.00b 11.00b 14.00 16.50 20.00bc
Disk diameter (8 mm) was included
)Mean ± SD of duplicated experiments
significance among strains at the same concentration (p<0.05)