Effects of Flower and Fruit Extracts of Melastoma malabathricum Linn. on Growth of Pathogenic Bacteria: Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella typhimurium
Figure 1
The inhibition zones of flower and fruit extracts of Melastoma malabathricum L. against (a) Listeria monocytogenes IMR L55, (b) Staphylococcus aureus IMR S244, (c) Escherichia coli IMR E30, and (d) Salmonella typhimurium IMR S100 at different concentrations. (T) Standard antibiotic Tetracycline 30 µg/disc; (C) negative control (water). The values represent the mean ± S.D. of triplicate preformed test for three times repeated. Different letters above each bar indicate significant difference between means () within the same inoculation time.
