Research Article

GC/MS Profiling and Ex Vivo Antibacterial Activity of Salvadora persica (Siwak) against Enterococcus faecalis as Intracanal Medicament

Table 2

The descriptive statistical analysis of the E. faecalis count before (CFU-1) and after (CFU-2) the application of the medicaments.

Bacterial count groupsCFU-1
Mean ± SD
CFU-2
Mean ± SD

Group I Siwak48.9 ± 53.7  1040.0250 ± 0.1  104
Group II Ca(OH)2 (+ve control)51.6 ± 68.4  1040.07 ± 0.25  104
Group III Saline (−ve control)56.3 ± 59  10450 ± 115  104