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Table 2 Final concentration range (ppm) evaluated for each product and bacterial species tested

From: Antimicrobial activity of a selection of organic acids, their salts and essential oils against swine enteropathogenic bacteria

 

Concentration (ppm)

E. coli

Salmonella spp.

C. perfringens

Maximum

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum

Maximum

Minimum

Formic acid

2400.0

37.5

2400.0

37.5

4800.0

75.0

Propionic acid

9600.0

75.0

4800.0

37.5

4800.0

75.0

Sodium butyrate

250,000.0

390.6

250,000.0

390.6

250,000.0

390.6

Sodium heptanoate

25,000.0

390.6

25,000.0

390.6

25,000.0

390.6

Pelargonic acid

19,200.0

300.0

38,400.0

37.5

4800.0

75.0

Sodium salt of coconut fatty acid distillates

5000.0

78.1

5000.0

78.1

2500.0

2.0

Cinnamaldehyde

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

Thymol

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

Carvacrol

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

Clove EO

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

Oregano EO

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

2400.0

75.0

Black pepper EO

250,000.0

75.0

250,000.0

75.0

250,000.0

75.0

Formaldehyde

4800.0

4.7

1200.0

4.7

4800.0

9.4