Table 3.
Microorganisms | Part of the plant | Evaluation time (hours) | Mean ± SD | Min | Max | p ∗ |
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S. mutans | Pulp | 24 | 21.0 ± 1.8 | 19.2 | 25.6 | 0.029 |
48 | 19.8 ± 1.4 | 17.9 | 22.3 | 0.178 | ||
Peel | 24 | 14.9 ± 0.4 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 0.070 | |
48 | 14.5 ± 0.4 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 0.178 | ||
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E. faecalis | Pulp | 24 | 16.3 ± 3.9 | 12.9 | 25.3 | p ≤ 0.001 |
48 | 13.8 ± 1.4 | 11.3 | 15.8 | 0.442 | ||
Peel | 24 | 14.3 ± 0.3 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 0.205 | |
48 | 13.9 ± 0.5 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 0.754 | ||
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Actinomyces | Pulp | 24 | 19.0 ± 0.8 | 17.8 | 20.2 | 0.838 |
48 | 22.1 ± 1.3 | 19.9 | 24.6 | 0.717 | ||
Peel | 24 | 18.9 ± 3.2 | 17.2 | 29.2 | p ≤ 0.001 | |
48 | 18.9 ± 3.2 | 17.2 | 29.2 | p ≤ 0.001 | ||
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Lactobacillus | Pulp | 24 | 21.0 ± 0.3 | 20.6 | 21.9 | 0.268 |
48 | 20.3 ± 0.5 | 19.6 | 21.2 | 0.795 | ||
Peel | 24 | 18.1 ± 0.4 | 17.5 | 18.9 | 0.704 | |
48 | 17.5 ± 0.4 | 16.8 | 18.2 | 0.765 | ||
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C. albicans | Pulp | 24 | 17.4 ± 1.4 | 15.7 | 19.7 | 0.155 |
48 | 21.2 ± 1.9 | 17.0 | 23.6 | 0.180 | ||
Peel | 24 | 21.1 ± 0.9 | 20.2 | 22.6 | 0.064 | |
48 | 19.4 ± 3.1 | 9.8 | 22.0 | p ≤ 0.001 | ||
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S. sanguinis | Pulp | 24 | 15.3 ± 0.3 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 0.205 |
48 | 14.0 ± 0.3 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 0.057 | ||
Peel | 24 | 15.5 ± 0.5 | 14.9 | 16.5 | 0.084 | |
48 | 14.8 ± 0.5 | 14.0 | 16.2 | 0.126 | ||
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S. oralis | Pulp | 24 | 14.4 ± 0.4 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 0.625 |
48 | 14.3 ± 0.7 | 12.9 | 15.5 | 0.932 | ||
Peel | 24 | 17.0 ± 0.4 | 16.5 | 17.7 | 0.165 | |
48 | 16.4 ± 0.5 | 15.6 | 17.0 | 0.029 |
All measurements were made in mm. ∗Shapiro–Wilk test.