Antibacterial Attributes of Apigenin, Isolated from Portulaca oleracea L.

Table 2

Antimicrobial activity (diameter of inhibition zone) of apigenin of P. oleracea L. on pathogenic bacteria.

Bacterial strains	MTCC number	Diameter of inhibition zone (mm)
		Streptomycin as control (10 µL)	Apigenin (10 µL)
P. aeruginosa	MTCC424	17.42±0.54	12.24±0.41
K. pneumoniae	MTCC109	21.33±0.33	10.52±0.38
S. typhimurium	MTCC98	14.56±0.21	17.36±0.18^∗∗
P. mirabilis	MTCC425	11.68±0.13	19.12±0.01^∗∗∗
E. aerogenes	MTCC111	19.66±0.27	14.02±0.03

∗∗Moderate significant; ∗∗∗most significant at 𝑃≤0.05. Values are expressed as mean ± SD.