In vitro characterization the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of hemp (Cannabis sativa spp.) varieties cultivated in Northern Alabama

Table 3 Correlation between extraction yield, antioxidant activity (radical scavenging activity), phenolic content (total flavonoid content and total phenolic content), and antibacterial activity (disc diffusion and growth inhibition) in hemp extracts using Pearson correlation coefficient (r)

	Extraction yield	Total flavonoid content	Total phenolic content	Radical scavenging activity	Disc diffusion against EC	Disc diffusion against SE	Disc diffusion against LM	Growth inhibition against EC	Growth inhibition against SE	Growth inhibition against LM
Extraction Yield	1.000	NS	NS	NS	-0.32374*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Total Flavonoid Content	NS	1.000	0.64415**	0.42561**	NS	NS	0.48274**	NS	0.40612**	NS
Total Phenolic Content	NS	0.63559**	1.000	0.64415**	0.63108**	0.6492**	0.75406**	0.55387**	0.67426**	0.55387**
Radical Scavenging Activity	NS	0.42561*	0.64415**	1.000	0.87684**	0.90776**	0.8762**	0.93699**	0.91240**	0.93699**
Disc diffusion v EC	-0.32374*	NS	0.63108**	0.87684**	1.000	0.98573**	0.93806**	0.92876**	0.92088**	0.92876**
Disc diffusion v SE	NS	NS	0.6492**	0.90776**	0.9857**	1.000	0.95047**	0.93504**	0.93816**	0.93504**
Disc diffusion against LM	NS	0.48274**	0.75406**	0.8762**	0.93806**	0.95047**	1.000	0.84554**	0.90645**	0.84554**
Growth Inhibition against EC	NS	NS	0.55387**	0.93699**	0.92876**	0.93504**	0.84554**	1.000	0.92756**	1.0000**
Growth Inhibition against SE	NS	0.40612**	0.67426**	0.91240**	0.92088**	0.93816**	0.90645**	0.92756**	1.000	0.92756**
Growth Inhibition against LM	NS	NS	0.55387**	0.93699**	0.92876**	0.93504**	0.84554**	1.0000**	0.92756**	1.000

NS-no significant correlation, *significant with p ≤ 0.05, **significant correlation with p ≤ 0.01. EC-Escherichia coli O157:H7, SE-Salmonella enterica, and LM-Listeria monocytogenes

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