Plant Extract Valorization of Melissa officinalis L. for Agroindustrial Purposes through Their Biochemical Properties and Biological Activities

Table 9

Effect of ethanol extract on the germination of medicago seeds.

	Nefza			Tabarka
	Inhibition rate (%)	Shoot	Root	Inhibition rate (%)	Shoot	Root
0 mg/ml	0	3.57a	3.25a	0	3.57a	2.62a
1 mg/ml	25	2.45b	2.55b	10	2.37b	2.80a
3 mg/ml	31.66	1.97c	2.52b	30	1.47c	2.05a
5 mg/ml	38.33	1.47d	1.77c	78.33	0.92c	1.20b
IC50	4.06			2.3

Means in each line followed by the same letters are not significantly different ().