Fig. 2From: Thymol and carvacrol induce autolysis, stress, growth inhibition and reduce the biofilm formation by Streptococcus mutans Growth inhibition of S. mutans in the presence of clove oil (CO), carvacrol (M-1; CAR), thymol (M-2; THY), and chlorhexidine digluconate (CHD). The experiment was done in triplicate and values are presented as mean ± S.D error. Asterisk represents the p value <0.05 (refer to Additional file 1 for raw data)Back to article page