Inhibitory effects of C. sativum EO and nystatin (control) on biofilm adherence of Candida spp. after 72 hrs. Values were expressed as mean ± standard deviation of inhibition of biofilm adherence (%).

Different uppercase letters in the same line indicate statistically significant difference (pNote: EO: C. sativum essential oil; Control: nystatin; “−” means “no inhibition of adherence”, †Statistically significant difference compared to the vehicle (p0.05). Tests were performed in triplicate of three independent experiments and data were submitted to One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey’s post-test (α = 0.05).