a trend towards significancep-value = 0.054
The box plots in Figure 3 show the results obtained for total viral load (live and dead viruses) in saliva for each of the four treatment groups at the different time-points tested, namely basal saliva (t0), 5 min (t5), 15 min (t15) and 60 min (t60) after mouthwash, respectively. Both in the CHX 0.12% group and in the Cym ZnCl 2 group, a progressive decrease in salivary viral load was observed over time, being significant with respect to the baseline from 15 min after the mouthwash in the CHX 0.12% group (p-value = 0.037) and with a trend towards significance in cymenol (p-value = 0.054).