The Effect of Essential Oils and Bioactive Fractions on <i>Streptococcus mutans</i> and <i>Candida albicans</i> Biofilms: A Confocal Analysis

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Plant species</td><td align="center">Sample</td><td align="center">Microorganism</td><td align="center">Concentration</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>A. gratissima </i></td><td align="center">Fraction Ag<sub>4</sub></td><td align="center"><i>S. mutans</i> UA 159</td><td align="center">800 <svg height="9.7821pt" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-3.57194pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.21016 7.64704 9.7821" width="7.64704pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z" id="g113-234"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="555" vert-adv-y="555"></glyph.data></g></svg>g/mL</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>B. dracunculifolia </i></td><td align="center">Fraction Bd<sub>2</sub></td><td align="center"><i>S. mutans</i> UA 159</td><td align="center">600 <svg height="9.7821pt" id="M5" style="vertical-align:-3.57194pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.21016 7.64704 9.7821" width="7.64704pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z" id="g113-234"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="555" vert-adv-y="555"></glyph.data></g></svg>g/mL</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>L. sidoides  </i></td><td align="center">Fraction Ls<sub>3</sub></td><td align="center"><i>S. mutans</i> UA 159</td><td align="center">800 <svg height="9.7821pt" id="M6" style="vertical-align:-3.57194pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.21016 7.64704 9.7821" width="7.64704pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z" id="g113-234"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="555" vert-adv-y="555"></glyph.data></g></svg>g/mL</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>C. sativum </i></td><td align="center">Fraction Cs<sub>4</sub></td><td align="center"><i>S. mutans</i> UA 159</td><td align="center">600 <svg height="9.7821pt" id="M7" style="vertical-align:-3.57194pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.21016 7.64704 9.7821" width="7.64704pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z" id="g113-234"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="555" vert-adv-y="555"></glyph.data></g></svg>g/mL</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>C. sativum </i></td><td align="center">Crude oil</td><td align="center"><i>C. albicans </i>CBS<i> 562 </i></td><td align="center">600 <svg height="9.7821pt" id="M8" style="vertical-align:-3.57194pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.21016 7.64704 9.7821" width="7.64704pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z" id="g113-234"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="555" vert-adv-y="555"></glyph.data></g></svg>g/mL</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>C. articulatus  </i></td><td align="center">Crude oil</td><td align="center"><i>C. albicans </i>CBS<i> 562 </i></td><td align="center">800 <svg height="9.7821pt" id="M9" style="vertical-align:-3.57194pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.21016 7.64704 9.7821" width="7.64704pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.0135,0,0,-0.0135,0,0)"><path d="M538 96L524 119C492 88 454 63 446 63C439 63 434 70 440 101C463 223 491 341 518 448H508L433 422L401 276C355 192 240 56 188 56C163 56 154 89 163 133C184 233 207 338 235 443L230 448L152 424L58 17C40 -60 23 -143 23 -185C23 -241 42 -261 63 -261C92 -261 117 -241 125 -227L124 -221C109 -209 89 -165 89 -103C89 -55 96 -13 105 26H107C121 -3 134 -12 151 -12C172 -12 194 -5 221 16C279 61 330 124 384 194H386C381 159 377 141 368 105C343 3 363 -12 383 -12C416 -12 486 35 538 96Z" id="g113-234"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="555" vert-adv-y="555"></glyph.data></g></svg>g/mL</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Concentration of the bioactive fractions and crude oils tested in this bioguided study against <i>S. mutans</i> and <i>C. albicans</i>, respectively.

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Table 2: The Effect of Essential Oils and Bioactive Fractions on <i>Streptococcus mutans</i> and <i>Candida albicans</i> Biofilms: A Confocal Analysis 

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The Effect of Essential Oils and Bioactive Fractions on Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans Biofilms: A Confocal Analysis

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