Research Article
Investigations of a Possible Chemical Effect of Salvadora persica Chewing Sticks
Table 1
Chemical composition of S. persica roots essential oil and the amount of benzyl isothiocyanate, benzyl cyanide, and benzaldehyde in Miswak brushes.
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Miswak-0 stands for baseline piece, that is, the amount of compounds present originally in the Miswak pieces. Miswak-1 stands for amount of compounds found in miswak brushes after one-time use; similarly Miswak-2 and Miswak-4 stand for amount of compounds in Miswak brushes after two- and four-time use. Different letters on values are indicating statistical difference () between values presented in the same column. Each value expressed in the table is a mean ± standard error (). |