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. 2016 Jul 4;2016:7584318. doi: 10.1155/2016/7584318

Table 2.

Antibacterial activity of flower pods extracts Moringa oleifera.

Zone of inhibition in (mm)
Methanol extract
(220 mg/mL)
Acetone extract
(200 mg/mL)
Chloroform extract
(430 mg/mL)
Ethanol extract
(959 mg/mL)
Aqueous extract
(916 mg/mL)
Shigella 19.3 ± 0.981a 14 ± 1.247b 12.6 ± 0.544bc 11 ± 0.471bc 10 ± 0.471c
E. coli 18.3 ± 1.186a 15.3 ± 0.720b 13.3 ± 1.186bc 11.6 ± 0.981bc 10.3 ± 0.54c
B. subtilis 17 ± 0.471a 13 ± 0.942b 13 ± 0.942b 10.6 ± 0.720b 10.3 ± 0.720b
S. typhi 17 ± 0.942a 14 ± 0.720ab 14 ± 1.247ab 13 ± 0.942bc 10 ± 0.471c

Values are mean of three independent experiments. Mean values followed by the different letters in the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05) according to Duncan's multiple range test.