Table 3. Effects of simvastatin on the production of polysaccharides, proteins and biomass of S. aureus biofilm.

	EPSI (μg/mg)	IPS (μg/mg)	Proteins (μg/mg dry weight)	Biomass (mg)
Simvastatin	22.7 ± 9.0 *	78.6 ± 25.4 *	2.3 ± 0.4	0.66 ± 0.12 *
Control	40.7 ± 9.6	34.1 ± 8.6	1.9 ± 0.4	0.93 ± 0.13

EPSI- insoluble extracellular polysaccharide. IPS- intracellular polysaccharide. The values of polysaccharides and proteins were normalized by dry weight. Significant differences between the treatment and the control group when:

*p < 0.05 (Kruskal-Wallis).