Table 2 Mann–Whitney U-test to study the difference between various intracanal medicaments and CFU

From: Antifungal effectiveness of various intracanal medicaments against Candida albicans: an ex-vivo study

	Day 1				Day 7
	200 μm		400 μm		200 μm		400 μm
	Median reduction in CFU(%)	p value	Median reduction in CFU(%)	p value	Median reduction in CFU(%)	p value	Median reduction in CFU(%)	p value
Saline vs Propolis	3.49x10⁷ (99.98%)	0.003	2.25×10⁵ (66.18%)	0.096	2.08×10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	2.98×10⁵ (97.25%)	0.003
Saline vs TAP	3.49x10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	3.39×10⁵ (99.69%)	0.013	2.08×10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	3.06×10⁵ (99.98%)	0.003
Saline vs CHX	3.49x10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	3.40×10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	2.08×10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	3.06×10⁵ (99.99%)	0.003
Saline vs Ca(OH)₂-PG	3.49x10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	3.40×10⁵ (99.99%)	0.003	2.08×10⁷ (99.99%)	0.003	3.06×10⁵ (99.99%)	0.003
Propolis vs TAP	3192.75 (68%)	0.102	1.14×10⁵ (99.08%)	0.021	867.25 (96.79%)	0.001	8367.42 (99.30%)	0.001
Propolis vs CHX	4690.75 (99.91%)	0.001	1.15×10⁵ (99.99%)	0.000	874.25 (97.57%)	0.003	8425.67 (99.99%)	0.000
Propolis vs Ca(OH)₂-PG	3830.00 (81.58%)	0.047	1.15×10⁵ (99.82%)	0.001	866.75 (96.74%)	0.012	8420.42 (99.93%)	0.001
TAP vs CHX	1498.00 (99.71%)	0.004	3347.78 (95.09%)	0.001	7.00 (24.34%)	0.965	58.25 (98.31%)	0.004
TAP vs Ca(OH)₂-PG	637.25 (42.42%)	0.847	844.80 (80.24%)	0.027	0.50 (1.71%)	0.627	50.00 (84.39%)	0.102
CHX vs Ca(OH)₂-PG	860.75 (99.51%)	0.002	204.58 (98.44%)	0.004	7.50 (25.64%)	0.354	5.25 (84.00%)	0.157

*p-value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
***p-value < 0.005 was considered as highly significant.

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