While
in extract where non conventional solvents were used, it was only possible to detect the presence of
terpenes in creosote bush and prickly pear extracts. S. aureus was the bacterial strain that showed the
highest growth inhibition as consequence of the plant extracts. The use of semi-desert plant extracts
obtained using organic solvents are a good alternative for food-borne pathogen bacteria control because
all the bacterial growth decreased with the tested extracts.