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*Corresponding author.
Nandita Dasgupta
School of Bioscience and Technology,
VIT University, Vellore 632014,
Tamil Nadu, India
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Average zone
of inhibition
of Tagetes erecta
leaf extract
(in mm)
Average Zone
of inhibition
of Gentamicin
(in mm)
Average
Activity
Index
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
1.123333
1.156667
0.893333
1.166667
1.15
1.196667
1.34
0.006667
0.006667
0.006667
1.256667
0.403333
1.23
0.306667
1.196667
0.983333
1.466666667
1.466666667
1.143333333
1.466666667
1.46
1.476666667
1.46
0.24
0.25.
0.14
1.49
0.893333333
1.406666667
0.666666667
1.3
1.166666667
0.763333333
0.783333333
0.776666667
0.79
0.773333333
0.806666667
0.906666667
0.026666667
0.037533333
0.047621428
0.816666667
0.443333333
0.87
0.453333333
0.913333333
0.84
Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus faecium
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus cereus
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Propionibacterium acne
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus agalactine
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Pseudomonas auregenosa
Salmonella enteriditis
Acinetobacter baumannii
Alcaligen faecalis
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