Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils of Two Aromatic Plants Cultivated in Morocco (Cinnamomum cassia and Origanum compactum)

Table 5

Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) (%) (v/v) means of the essential oils tested and their majority compounds according to the Salmonella strain.

Variable	Agent/strain	C. cassia	Cinnamaldehyde	O. compactum	Carvacrol	Mean	value; ( value)
MIC	S. enteritidis	0.02 b	0.05 b a	0.10 b a	0.14 a	0.08 a	0.16 (0.6920)
	S. gallinarum	0.02 b	0.04 b	0.13 a	0.10 a	0.07 a
	Mean	0.02 b	0.05 b	0.11 a	0.13 a	0.076
	value; ( value)	10.45 (0.0005)
MBC	S. enteritidis	0.03 b	0.03 b	0.20 a	0.16 a	0.11 a	2.97 (0.1040)
	S. gallinarum	0.05 c	0.05 b	0.13 a	0.13 a	0.08 a
	Mean	0.03 b	0.04 b	0.17 a	0.15 a	0.10
	value; ( value)	22.55 (<0.0001)