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Table 4 Delta Ct values - comparison with the virus control by real-time RT-PCR assay

From: In vitro antiviral activity of fifteen plant extracts against avian infectious bronchitis virus

No.

Plant extract

Delta Ct values x

1:2 CC50

1:4 CC50

1:8 CC50

1.

Satureja montana

14.06 ± 2.501

3.82 ± 0.952

3.32 ± 0.652

5.

Origanum vulgare

13.28 ± 2.731

7.40 ± 1.012

6.36 ± 1.012

6.

Mentha piperita

18.32 ± 2.771

8.24 ± 1.062

7.70 ± 1.822

8.

Melissa officinalis

12.49 ± 2.331

8.41 ± 2.222

2.71 ± 0.943

11.

Thymus vulgaris

12.65 ± 1.001

11.70 ± 1.171

2.66 ± 0.772

12.

Hyssopus officinalis

10.02 ± 2.501

5.33 ± 2.102

2.03 ± 1.103

15.

Salvia officinalis

8.25 ± 1.861

6.65 ± 1.191

1.95 ± 1.192

16.

Desmodium canadense

16.41 ± 2.441

10.58 ± 2.822

6.21 ± 0.642

  1. xCt of IBV was 18.50 ± 1.66; 1, 2 and 3 means that the difference within the group was statistically significant (P < 0.05)