Research Article
Antimicrobial Constituents of Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd. against Periodontal Pathogens
Table 1
Mean MIC and MMC (mg/mL) results of Artemisia afra on oral microorganisms.
| | Plant extracts | Microorganisms tested | | MIC (μg/mL) | MBC (μg/mL) | | Gram +ve | Gram –ve | Yeast | Gram +ve | Gram –ve | Yeast | | A.n | A.i | A.a | P.i | P.g | C.a | A.n | A.i | A.a | P.i | P.g | C.a |
| | A. afra | 3.1 | 1.6 | 25.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 6.3 | >1.0 | 1.25 | 25.0 | >25.0 | | 1 | 1.0 | 0.25 | >1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | >1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | >1.0 | 1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | >1.0 | 1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | | 3 | 1.0 | 0.25 | >1.0 | 0.5 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | 0.5 | >1.0 | 1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | | 4 | 1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | | 5 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | | 6 | 0.25 | 1.0 | >1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | >1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | >1.0 | | Chlorhexidine | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 1.25 |
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A.n: Actinomyces naeslundii; A.i: Actinomyces israelii; A.a: Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; P.i: Prevotella intermedia; P.g: Porphyromonas gingivalis; C.a: Candida albicans.
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