Evaluation of Gellan Gum Film Containing Virgin Coconut Oil for Transparent Dressing Materials

Figure 8

Viable cell count of Gram-positive bacteria (a) S. aureus and (b) S. epidermidis and Gram-negative bacteria (c) P. aeruginosa and (d) P. mirabilis as expressed in the colony-forming units (CFU/mL) after 2 h. “0 h” indicated the number of colonies in the inoculum. GG-NF, GG, GC, GG-VCO1, GG-VCO3, and GG-VCO5 indicated gellan gum with 0.01% w/w norfloxacin (positive control), gellan gum (negative control), growth control, and gellan gum containing VCO at 0.1%, 0.3%, and 0.5% (w/w), respectively. Error bars indicated standard deviation (). Statistical analysis using one way ANOVA followed by post hoc test shown by different letters was statistically different ().

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