The Anticaries Effect of a Food Extract (Shiitake) in a Short-Term Clinical Study
Figure 2
Amount of acetate, lactate, and minor acids (propionate, formate, succinate, and butyrate) in resting (presucrose) and fermented (postsucrose) dental plaque. After baseline, after the three legs of crossover (shiitake, placebo, positive control [AmF-SnF2]) and after three washout periods (washout shiitake, washout placebo, and washout positive control) are all shown. Data are shown separately for volunteers in Gothenburg (GOT) and Amsterdam (ACTA). Mean values ± SD for 30 (GOT) and 35 (ACTA) subjects, respectively. Due to the high standard deviation when analysing lactate in fermented plaque for five of the test sessions in GOT, the -axis does not correspond to the actual figure. The total amount (mean ± SD) is given above each individual column.
