Table 7.
The sporicidal activity of T. catappa L. extract against the spores of B. pumilus.
| Concentration (% w/v) | Time (h) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 0.00 | 5.01 ± 0.01a | 5.01 ± 0.01a | 5.01 ± 0.01a | 5.01 ± 0.01a |
| 0.25 | 4.65 ± 0.01b | 4.57 ± 0.02b | 4.48 ± 0.02b | 4.38 ± 0.01b |
| 0.50 | 4.45 ± 0.02c | 4.28 ± 0.01c | 4.20 ± 0.01c | 4.06 ± 0.08c |
| 1.00 | 3.48 ± 0.00d | 2.70 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00d |
| 2.50 | 0.00 ± 0.00e | 0.00 ± 0.00e | 0.00 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00d |
Values are the mean ± S.D. of replications. Values with different superscript letters within the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).