Research Article
Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous, Ethanolic and Methanolic Extracts of Areca Nut Fruit on Selected Bacteria
Table 3
Result of significance test (
) for the mean of the zone of inhibition at two solvents.
| Statistical analysis | Bacteria | Ethanol | Methanol | t-value | value | Significant | t-value | p-value | Significant |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 4.35 | 0.007 | Yes | 3.87 | 0.002 | Yes | Salmonella enterica | 3.23 | 0.0065 | Yes | 4.54 | 0.034 | Yes | Escherichia coli | 4.32 | 0.004 | Yes | 3.99 | 0.002 | Yes | Staphylococcus aureus | 2.54 | 0.001 | Yes | 3.1 | 0.004 | Yes |
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