Research Article
Antibacterial Effects of Natural Herbal Extracts on Streptococcus mutans: Can They Be Potential Additives in Dentifrices?
Table 2
Minimum inhibitory concentration of ciprofloxacin and chlorhexidine against Streptococcus mutans.
| Ciprofloxacin concentration (µg/ml) | % inhibition | Chlorhexidine concentration (µg/ml) | % inhibition |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 48.91 | 4.00 | 87.50 | 0.5 | 79.28 | 8.00 | 88.27 | 1.0 | 81.00 | 16.00 | 91.24 | 2.0 | 88.30 | 32.00 | 94.79 | 4.0 | 88.05 | 64.00 | 95.05 | 8.0 | 94.49 | 128.00 | 96.64 | 16.00 | 92.65 | 256.00 | 97.71 | 0.00 | 81.00 | 0.00 | 88.27 | MIC | 0.5 | MIC | <4 |
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