Evaluation of Antibacterial Effect against Porphyromonas gingivalis and Biocompatibility of Essential Oil Extracted from the Gum of Pistacia atlantica Kurdica
Table 2
The mean ± SE of the inflammatory cells in the all three groups.
Days and Variables
Mean ± SD
Control
Tetracycline treatment group
P. atlantica oil treatment group
(n=15)
(n=15)
(n=15)
One week
Neutrophil
4.800±2.65
3.00±3.01
3.900±1.59
Eosinophils
2.00±1.15
4.20±3.55
7.70±3.83
Lymphocytes
22.80±7.82
18.00±14.86
41.80±23.48
Plasma cells
1.60±0.84
1.50±1.26
0.80±0.91
Macrophages
22.50±10.44
12.40±5.70
10.50±4.85
Four weeks
Neutrophil
1.80±1.3
0.00±0.0
2.50±2.46
Eosinophils
2.90±2.07
1.90±0.99
4.70±6.10
Lymphocytes
21.50±12.0
19.70±11.33
10.90±6.1
Plasma cells
1.60±1.3
1.10±0.99
0.80±0.7
Macrophages
13.70±6.2
12.20±1.7
3.90±1.5
Eight weeks
Neutrophil
1.50±1.84
0.10±0.31
0.40±0.51
Eosinophils
1.40±0.6
2.30±2.49
9.40±6.5
Lymphocytes
10.00±3.3
7.01±2.0
8.20±3.4
Plasma cells
0.70±1.0
0.10±0.31
0.30±0.6
Macrophages
4.10±1.5
3.50±3.02
2.20±1.5
The average of inflammatory cells is expressed by mean ± standard error in the same row with different superscripts which differ significantly, p≥0.001; p<0001 vs. control.
