Micro-organism | Interval | Microbial count reduction (%) (Mean ± SD) | f-value | p-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CS-CHX NPs | CHX | DAP | CSNPs | ||||
C. albicans | (T3’-T3) | 87.00 ± 12.04 A | 17.70 ± 14.88BC | 6.17 ± 4.30 C | 25.00 ± 0.00B | 68.09 | < 0.001* |
(T7’-T7) | 93.50 ± 6.02 A | 5.35 ± 3.66 C | 2.96 ± 2.87 C | 63.57 ± 2.72B | 610.77 | < 0.001* | |
t-value | 1.12 | 1.64 | 1.13 | 31.69 | Â | Â | |
p-value | 0.324 | 0.177 | 0.321 | < 0.001* |  |  | |
E. faecalis | (T3’-T3) | 91.25 ± 0.88 A | 10.26 ± 0.10BC | 5.94 ± 5.95 C | 25.53 ± 5.95B | 69.12 | < 0.001* |
(T7’-T7) | 91.90 ± 5.18 A | 10.34 ± 8.93B | 11.07 ± 2.78B | 86.08 ± 4.08 A | 387.37 | < 0.001* | |
t-value | 0.29 | 0.02 | 2.19 | 6.87 | Â | Â | |
p-value | 0.784 | 0.986 | 0.093 | 0.002* | Â | Â |