Table 1

Diameter of the zones of inhibition (mm) of the autoclaved pomegranate rind extract compared to penicillin and the results of the fractionation PRE against a panel of five bacteria.

Organism
12 h
24 h
Penicillin G
Low Molecular Weight Fraction
Whole PRE fraction

S. aureus
14
14
36
11 ± 0.25
14 ± 0.14
B. subtilis
10
10
32
13 ± 0.09
15 ± 0.14
Ps. aeruginosa
7
0
9
0
0
P. mirabilis
0
0
0
0
0
E. coli
0
0
0
0
0

McCarrell et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008 8:64   doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-64