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Formulation, evaluation and antimicrobial effect of herbal disinfectants

Payala Vijayalakshmi1, Sarada Vadlamani2, Nitin Mohan3

  • 1Department of Microbiology, GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Deemed to be University), Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam-530045, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Antimicrobial activityfourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)herbal formulationplantsscanning electron microscopy (SEM)

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