GC-MS Analysis and Study of the Antimicrobial Activity of Citrus paradisi, Citrus aurantifolia, and Citrus sinensis Peel Essential Oils as Hand Sanitizer

Table 2

Comparison of activity of citrus essential oils to a commercial 78% alcohol hand sanitizer as control using ANOVA followed by post hoc Tukey HSD.

	Grapefruit essential oil	Lime essential oil	Orange essential oil
Commercial 78% alcohol hand sanitizer ()	E. coli
	ANOVA F = 51.067,
	P. aeruginosa
	ANOVA F = 8.082,
	S. aureus
	ANOVA F = 19.303,
	B. subtilis
	ANOVA F = 10.887,
	C. albicans
	ANOVA F = 18.219,

^∗The p value indicates significant difference between the essential oil and the commercial hand sanitizer as .