Inhibitory Effect of Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia on the Virulence Properties of the Oral Pathogens Streptococcus mutans and Porphyromonas gingivalis

Table 1

Minimum bactericidal concentrations of Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia against periodontal pathogens.

Cultures	Median MBC in mg/mL (𝑛=3)
	Acetone	Ethanol	Methanol
P. intermedia	0.04	0.09	0.04
P. gingivalis	0.04	0.09	0.09
F. nucleatum	0.09	0.09	0.04
Capnocytophaga	0.04	0.02	0.02

Lowest MBC of DMSO was 6.125% and chlorhexidine gluconate killed all the test organisms.