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Table 1 Macromolecular synthesis of S. mutans treated for 60 min. with different concentrations of LMM fractions of both mushroom and chicory extracts

From: Effects of mushroom and chicory extracts on the shape, physiology and proteome of the cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans

LMM fraction

Concentration

Macromolecular synthesis

  

DNA

RNA

Protein

mushroom

0

100 b

100 b

100 b

1x a

24

34

61

2x

8

21

49

chicory

0

100 c

100 c

100 c

2x a

36

54

89

 

6x

6

19

44

  1. a Subinhibitory dose.
  2. b Control values were: DNA, 287,085 cpm; RNA, 137,216; protein, 9,208.
  3. c Control values were: DNA, 252,718 cpm; RNA, 132,519; protein, 8,749.