Research Article
Antimicrobial Activity of Few Medicinal Plants against Clinically Isolated Human Cariogenic Pathogens—An In Vitro Study
Table 5
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of four solvent extracts of Psidium guajava and Terminalia chebula by microbroth dilution method.
| | Name of the plant | Isolated pathogen | Minimum inhibitory concentration mg/mL | | Hexane | Ethyl acetate | Ethanol | Methanol | | BHI | MHB | BHI | MHB | BHI | MHB | BHI | MHB |
| | P. guajava | S. mutans | <0.076 | <0.076 | <0.076 | <0.076 | <0.076 | <0.152 | <0.076 | <0.076 | | C. albicans | 0.152 | 0.315 | 0.315 | 0.152 | 0.625 | 0.315 | 0.625 | 0.625 | | T. Chebula | S. mutans | <0.076 | <0.076 | <0.076 | >5.0 | <0.076 | >5.0 | <0.076 | 0.625 | | C. albicans | <0.076 | 0.625 | >5.0 | >5.0 | >5.0 | >5.0 | 0.315 | 1.25 |
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MHB: Mueller Hinton Broth.
BHI: Brain Heart Infusion Broth.
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