Table 2.
Inhibitory effect of dentine in the antifungal activity (against Candida albicans) of EthOAc extract of Tanacetum vulgare with and without chemicals/medicaments (chlorhexidine, calcium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite), (values are in mm)
| Number of samples (N=5) | 5 min. | 60 min. | 24 hours | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| EthOAc extract | 30.3 | 0.6 | 30 | 31 | 24.3 | 0.6 | 24 | 25 | 20.7 | 0.6 | 20 | 21 |
| Ca(OH)2-EthOAc extract | 18.7 | 0.6 | 18 | 19 | 13.7 | 1.2 | 13 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHX-EthOAc extract | 29.7 | 1.2 | 29 | 31 | 29.3 | 0.6 | 29 | 30 | 28.3 | 0.6 | 28 | 29 |
| NaOCl-EthOAc extract | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ca(OH)2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CHX | 25.7 | 0.6 | 26 | 26 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 18 | 20 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 17 | 19 |
| DMF | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NaOCl | 60.3 | 0.6 | 60 | 61 | 55.0 | 1.0 | 54 | 56 | 40.7 | 0.6 | 40 | 41 |
| Kruskal Wallis test | KW=22.8, P=0.018 | KW=22.8, P=0.018 | KW=22.9, P=0.018 | |||||||||
EthOAc – ethyl acetate; Ca(OH)2 – calcium hydroxide; CHX – chlorhexidine; NAOCl – sodium hypochlorite; DMF – dimethyl formamide; KW – Kruskal Wallis.