Table 5.
Antimicrobial effects of 60% EtOH, hot water extracts from Zanthoxylum piperitum DC against target strains during heat treatment at var ious temper atur e for 10 min

Extracts Strains Clear zone on plate (mm)1)
Temperature (°C)
Control 60 70 80 100
60% EtOH E.coli O157:H7 22.502) 22.00 22.00 23.50 21.00
E.coli 20.50 21.00 21.50 22.00 21.50
Salmonella typhimurium 23.00 23.00 22.00 23.00 23.00
Staphylococcus aureus 22.00 23.00 22.00 21.00 21.00
MRSA 22.00 22.00 22.00 21.50 22.00
Bacillus cereus 23.00 22.00 21.00 22.00 21.00
Hot water E.coli O157:H7 18.00 17.50 17.50 18.00 18.00
E.coli 18.00 17.75 17.50 17.50 17.50
Salmonella typhimurium 17.50 17.00 17.50 18.00 18.00
Staphylococcus aureus 17.50 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00
MRSA 17.75 17.75 17.50 17.50 17.50
Bacillus cereus 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00
Disk diameter (8 mm) was included
)Mean ± SD of duplicated experiments
significance among strains at the same concentration (p<0.05)