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

Table 3

Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) of M. communis and M. vulgare extracts against periodontal pathogens.

Periodontal pathogens	M. communis				M. vulgare
	Methanolic		Aqueous		Methanolic		Aqueous
	MIC^3 (mg/ml)	MBC^4 (mg/ml)	MIC (mg/ml)	MBC (mg/ml)	MIC (mg/ml)	MBC (mg/ml)	MIC (mg/ml)	MBC (mg/ml)
A.a^1 clinical strain	≤0.19	0.39	1.56	3.12	3.12	6.25	50	>100
A.a^1Y4 ATCC 43718	≤0.19	0.39	0.78	0.78	I.56	3.12	50	100
A.a^1ATCC 43718	≤0.19	0.39	0.78	1.56	3.12	6.25	25	>100
E.c^2 clinical strain 1	≤0.19	0,19	3.12	6.25	3.12	3.12	25	100
E.c^2 clinical strain 2	≤0.19	0.19	3.12	6.25	3.12	6.25	25	100
E.c^2 clinical strain 3	0,39	0.39	3.12	6.25	3.12	6.25	25	100

¹A. actinomycetemcomitans; ²E. corrodens; ³minimum inhibitory concentration (mg/ml); ⁴ minimum bactericidal concentration (mg/ml).