Table 5.
The sporicidal activity of T. catappa L. extract against the spores of B. cereus.
| Concentration (% w/v) | Time (h) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 0.00 | 5.00 ± 0.07a | 5.00 ± 0.07a | 5.00 ± 0.07a | 5.00 ± 0.07a |
| 0.25 | 4.44 ± 0.02b | 4.28 ± 0.01b | 4.25 ± 0.01b | 4.19 ± 0.02b |
| 0.50 | 3.83 ± 0.13c | 3.50 ± 0.14c | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.00 ± 0.00c |
| 1.00 | 2.70 ± 0.03d | 0.00 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.00 ± 0.00c |
| 2.50 | 0.00 ± 0.00e | 0.00 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.00 ± 0.00c |
Values are the mean ± S.D. of replications. Values with different superscript letters within the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).