Table 2.

Minimum time required to inhibit the growth of the periodontal pathogens in the study (time-kill curve)

Mushroom extract	0 min	5 min	10 min	30 min	2 h
Pg	NG	NG	NG	NG	NG
Pi	186	172	154	102	06
Fn	NG	NG	NG	NG	NG
Aa	138	124	106	56	NG

Pg – Porphyromonas gingivalis; Pi – Prevotella intermedia; Fn – Fusobacterium nucleatum; Aa – Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; NG – No growth; Min – Minutes; h – Hours