Table 4 Antibacterial activity of E. elatior flower extracts collected from different locations of Malaysia

Staphylococcus aureus

8.4 ± 0.264^b

4.0 ± 0.142^e

9.2 ± 0.316^a

6.5 ± 0.277^d

7.3 ± 0.276^c

Bacillus subtilis

6.5 ± 0.216^a

4.2 ± 0.207^e

6.2 ± 0.168^b

5.6 ± 0.264^c

4.8 ± 0.229^d

Listeria monocytogenes

2.5 ± 0.183^b

NO

2.0 ± 0.273^c

4.0 ± 0.177^a

4.2 ± 0.119^a

Escherichia coli

4.6 ± 0.166^b

NO

2.6 ± 0.219^c

5.4 ± 0.318^a

5.5 ± 0.337^a

Salmonella typhimurium

6.2 ± 0.250^c

2.5 ± 0.266^e

5.4 ± 0.348^d

7.2 ± 0.372^a

6.8 ± 0.352^b

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

8.0 ± 0.233^a

NO

6.1 ± 0.318^c

6.5 ± 0.374^b

6.7 ± 0.357^b