Table 1.
Antibacterial activity of aqueous extract of seeds
| Bacteria | Extracts/Zone of inhibition (in mm) | ||||||||
| P 1a | P 2a | P 3a | |||||||
| Ia | IIa | IIIa | Ia | IIa | IIIa | Ia | IIa | IIIa | |
| EF | 17 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 22 | - | 13 | 22 | 10 |
| SA | 23 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 24 | - | 22 | 23 | 12 |
| EC | - | 12 | - | 14 | 15 | - | 16 | 17 | - |
| KP 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| KP 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PA 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PA 2 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 19 |
| ST | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| STM 1 | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| STM 2 | 13 | 20 | - | 14 | 14 | - | 11 | 12 | - |
| SF | - | 14 | - | 18 | 18 | - | 14 | 15 | - |
| Mean | 6.73 | 11.91 | 5.91 | 10.27 | 11.73 | 1.55 | 8.82 | 10.18 | 3.73 |
| ± SD | 9.645 | 10.492 | 8.420 | 8.776 | 10.061 | 5.126 | 9.097 | 10.381 | 6.724 |
a P1: Anethum graveolens; P2: Foeniculum vulgare; P3: Trachyspermum ammi
Aqueous extracts (I: Ambient water; II: Hot water; III: Boiling water extract)
-: no zone of inhibition
EF: Enterococcus faecalis; SA: Staphylococcus aureus; EC: Escherichia coli; KP 1: Klebsiella pneumoniae 1; KP 2: K. pneumoniae 2; PA 1: Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1; PA 2: P. aeruginosa 2; ST: Salmonella typhi; STM 1: Salmonella typhimurium 1; STM 2: S. typhimurium 2; SF: Shigella flexneri