In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Myrtus communis L. and Marrubium vulgare L. Leaves against Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Eikenella corrodens

Table 2

Inhibition zone of aqueous and methanolic extracts of M. vulgare leaves against periodontal pathogens (mm).

Periodontal pathogens	Plant extracts	Concentrations (mg/disc)				value
		5	2.5	1.25	0.63
A.a^1 clinical strain	MeOH^3	14.66 ± 0.57	14 ± 1.00	13.33 ± 0.57	12.33 ± 0.57	0,010
	Aqueous	13 ± 0.00	11.33 ± 0.57	9.33 ± 0.57	NI^4	0,023
A.a^1Y4 ATCC 43718	MeOH	15.66 ± 0.57	14 ± 0.00	13.33 ± 0.57	12.33 ± 0.57	<0,001
	Aqueous	13 ± 0.00	11.33 ± 0.57	9.33 ± 0.57	NI^4	0,023
A.a^1ATCC 43718	MeOH	15. ± 0.00	13.66 ± 0.57	13 ± 0.00	12. ± 0.00	<0,001
	Aqueous	13.66 ± 0.17	12.66 ± 0.57	11.66 ± 0.57	10.33 ± 0.57	0,002
E.c^2 clinical strain 1	MeOH	15 ± 0.00	14 ± 0.00	12.66 ± 0.57	12 ± 1.00	0,003
	Aqueous	13.66 ± 0.57	12. ± 0.00	11.33 ± 0.57	10 ± 0.00	<0,001
E.c^2 clinical strain 2	MeOH	15 ± 0.00	14 ± 1.00	13 ± 0.00	12.33 ± 1.15	0,011
	Aqueous	13.33 ± 0.57	12.33 ± 0.57	12 ± 0.00	10.66 ± 0.57	0,014
E.c^2 clinical strain 3	MeOH	14.66 ± 0.57	13.66 ± 0.57	12.66 ± 0.57	12 ± 0.00	0,002
	Aqueous	13.33 ± 0.57	12.66 ± 0.57	11.66 ± 0.57	10.33 ± 0.57	0,004

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; ⁴no inhibition zone.