The real-time RT-PCR results revealed that
the transcription of genes encoding α-hemolysin, staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) and staphylococcal
enterotoxin B (SEB) were down regulated after S. aureus was exposed to TTO (0.0625 mg/mL-0.5 mg/mL).
The hemolytic assay showed that S. aureus hemolytic activity was inhibited by subinhibitory concentrations
of TTO (0.0625 mg/mL-0.5 mg/mL).