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Clove oil microencapsulated with maltodextrin as an antifungal agent against Candida albicans could produce different clear zones. A ratio of clove oil to maltodextrin of 1: 4 yielded clear zones in the medium group. Meanwhile, other ratios of 1: 6, 1: 8, 1:10, and 1:12, including the antifungal properties of clove oil, yielded clear zones in the strong category. The one-way ANOVA test results showed Fscore = 22.56 > Ftab(α = 0.01) = 5.06; indicating that at least one average clear zone diameter differed significantly from those of other treatment groups. HSD test shows that ratios of 1: 4 and 1: 6 obtained |Yi−Yj| > HSD, meaning that the coating has a negative effect. Meanwhile, in the ratios of 1:8; 1:10, and 1:12, the HSD test showed that |Yi−Yj| < HSD, meaning that the presence of maltodextrin did not affect. The increase in coating material was suspected to result in a more extensive distribution of clove oil in the coating material, thus increasing the interaction with Candida albicans. |
