[Table/Fig-7]:

Pair wise comparison of main groups (1, 2 and 3) and sub groups (A and B) with respect to optical density at 3^rd day by Tukey’s multiple post hoc procedures.

Main groups		Group 1		Group 2		Group 3
Sub groups		Sub group A	Sub group B	Sub group A	Sub group B	Sub group A	Sub group B
Mean		0.3455	0.2954	0.2367	0.1936	0.2883	0.2211
SD		0.0066	0.0085	0.0111	0.0033	0.0070	0.0059
Group 1	Sub group 1	-
	Sub group 2	0.0002*	-
Group 2	Sub group 1	0.0002*	0.0002*	-
	Sub group 2	0.0002*	0.0002*	0.0002*	-
Group 3	Sub group 1	0.000*2	0.7571	0.0002*	0.0002*	-
	Sub group 2	0.0002*	0.0002*	0.0765	0.0008*	0.0002*	-

*p<0.05