Table 3.

Growth dynamics of E. coli and S. aureus in presence of alginate sodium samples with a concentration of alginate 70 mg/mL cross-linked with 1.5 molar barium chloride (A70) and alginate-Pygeum (PYG/A70).

Type of Sample	E. coli Optical Density Values (OD 600)
	Time (h)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	8	24
PYG/A70	0.034 ± 0.002 *	0.037 ± 0.002	0.045 ± 0.004	0.066 ± 0.003	0.073 ± 0.002	0.083 ± 0.002	0.787 ± 0.061	2.336 ± 0.066
A70	0.032 ± 0.002	0.045 ± 0.002	0.063 ± 0.002	0.084 ± 0.004	0.106 ± 0.005	0.128 ± 0.011	0.767 ± 0.111	2.159 ± 0.089
Control	0.032 ± 0.002	0.064 ± 0.005	0.102 ± 0.009	0.130 ± 0.001	0.304 ± 0.027	0.613 ± 0.115	1.232 ± 0.059	3.236 ± 0.028
Type of Sample	S. aureus Optical Density Values (OD 600)
	Time (h)
	0	1	2	3	4	5	8	24
PYG/A70	0.034 ± 0.004	0.056 ± 0.006	0.082 ± 0.003	0.117 ± 0.015	0.223 ± 0.02	0.443 ± 0.088	0.781 ± 0.042	3.269 ± 0.171
A70	0.034 ± 0.004	0.058 ± 0.009	0.097 ± 0.004	0.141 ± 0.014	0.333 ± 0.028	0.643 ± 0.033	1.187 ± 0.021	2.842 ± 0.045
Control	0.034 ± 0.004	0.074 ± 0.005	0.116 ± 0.005	0.171 ± 0.012	0.57 ± 0.054	0.856 ± 0.037	1.366 ± 0.028	4.09 ± 0.065

* Values with standard deviation; statistical significance p < 0.05—marked in green; p < 0.0001—marked in red.