Use of Moringa oleifera Flower Pod Extract as Natural Preservative and Development of SCAR Marker for Its DNA Based Identification

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 ± 0.981	14 ± 1.247	12.6 ± 0.544	11 ± 0.471	10 ± 0.471
E. coli	18.3 ± 1.186	15.3 ± 0.720	13.3 ± 1.186	11.6 ± 0.981	10.3 ± 0.54
B. subtilis	17 ± 0.471	13 ± 0.942	13 ± 0.942	10.6 ± 0.720	10.3 ± 0.720
S. typhi	17 ± 0.942	14 ± 0.720	14 ± 1.247	13 ± 0.942	10 ± 0.471

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