Antibacterial and phytochemical screening of Anethum graveolens, Foeniculum vulgare and Trachyspermum ammi

Table 1 Antibacterial activity of aqueous extract of seeds

Bacteria	Extracts/Zone of inhibition (in mm)
	P 1^a			P 2^a			P 3^a
	I^a	II^a	III^a	I^a	II^a	III^a	I^a	II^a	III^a
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

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