Antibacterial Effect of Curcumin against Clinically Isolated Porphyromonas gingivalis and Connective Tissue Reactions to Curcumin Gel in the Subcutaneous Tissue of Rats

Table 3

Mean of total inflammatory cell counts in each studied group at three different periods.

Period	Control	Tetracycline	Curcumin	value
7 days	64 ± 20.24	55 ± 14.44	99 ± 11.82	0.002
30 days	47.4 ± 16.8	32 ± 9.42	70.4 ± 18.2	0.006
60 days	24.2 ± 8.75	22.5 ± 7.32	15.3 ± 1.98	0.122

value ≤0.05 was considered significant.