Table 8.
The sporicidal activity of T. catappa L. extract against the spores of B. megaterium.
| Concentration (% w/v) | Time (h) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 0.00 | 5.03 ± 0.01a | 5.03 ± 0.01a | 5.03 ± 0.01a | 5.03 ± 0.01a |
| 0.25 | 4.57 ± 0.00b | 4.45 ± 0.03b | 4.37 ± 0.03b | 0.00 ± 0.00b |
| 0.50 | 3.78 ± 0.05c | 3.09 ± 0.12c | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.00 ± 0.00b |
| 1.00 | 3.00 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.00 ± 0.00b |
| 2.50 | 0.00 ± 0.00e | 0.00 ± 0.00d | 0.00 ± 0.00c | 0.00 ± 0.00b |
Values are the mean ± S.D. of replications. Values with different superscript letters within the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).