In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Myrtus communis L. and Marrubium vulgare L. Leaves against Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Eikenella corrodens
Table 1
Inhibition zone of aqueous and methanolic extracts of M. communis leaves against periodontal pathogens (mm).
Periodontal pathogens
Plant extracts
Concentrations (mg/disc)
value
2.5
1.25
0.63
0.32
A.a1 clinical strain
MeOH3
18 ± 0.00
16. ± 1.00
14.33 ± 0.57
12.66 ± 0.57
0.001
Aqueous
14.66 ± 0.57
13.33 ± 0.57
12.33 ± 0.57
11.33 ± 0.57
0.001
A.a1Y4 ATCC 43718
MeOH
19.66 ± 0.57
16.33 ± 0.57
15.33 ± 0.57
13.33 ± 0.57
0.001
Aqueous
16.33 ± 0.57
14.33 ± 0.57
13.33 ± 0.57
12 ± 1.00
<0.001
A.a1ATCC 43718
MeOH
18. ± 0.00
15. ± 0.00
14.33 ± 0.57
12.33 ± 0.57
0.002
Aqueous
15.66 ± 0.57
13.66 ± 0.57
12.66 ± 0.57
11.66 ± 0.57
<0.001
E.c2 clinical strain 1
MeOH
19.33 ± 1.15
15.33 ± 0.57
14 ± 0.00
12.66 ± 0.57
0.003
Aqueous
14.33 ± 0.57
13 ± 1.00
12.33 ± 0.57
11.66 ± 1.15
0.012
E.c2 clinical strain 2
MeOH
18.33 ± 0.57
15.33 ± 0.57
14 ± 1.00
13 ± 0.00
0.002
Aqueous
14 ± 0.00
13 ± 0.00
12.66 ± 1.15
11.33 ± 0.57
<0.001
E.c2 clinical strain 3
MeOH
17.33 ± 0.57
15.00 ± 0.00
14 ± 0.00
12.66 ± 0.57
0.002
Aqueous
14.33 ± 0.57
13.66 ± 1.15
12 ± 0.00
11.33 ± 0.57
0.012
Test applied- one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), (statistically significant). All values of inhibition zone are presented as mean ± SD (mm) from three experiments. 1A. actinomycetemcomitans; 2E. corrodens; 3methanolic.
