Comparison of the Antibacterial Efficacy of Commiphora molmol and Sodium Hypochlorite as Root Canal Irrigants against Enterococcus faecalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum

Table 1

One-way ANOVA for the optimum concentration of myrrh extract that gave maximum antimicrobial effect against Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteria at 5% significant level.

Dilutions of myrrh extract and controls	The mean absorbance and standard deviation (SD) at different observation periods
	Pre-incubation	24 hours post -incubation
300mg/300uL (1:1)	0.54± 0.31	0.49± 0.31
30mg/300uL (1:10)	1.04± 0.43	0.08± 0.07
3mg/300uL (1:100)	1.51± 0.13	0.60± 0.21
0.3mg/300uL (1:1000)	1.56± 0.06	0.16± 0.21
0.03mg/300uL (1:10000)	1.50± 0.03	0.19± 0.24
DMSO	0.08± 0.02	0.09± 0.02
Bacteria	0.24± 0.01	0.88± 0.08
Media (-ve control)	0.06± 0.01	0.20± 0.18
2.5% NaOCl	0.12± 0.06	0.14± 0.05
F-value	100.53	16.60
p-value	<0.0001	<0.0001

Significant at P value < 0.05.