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Antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: An in vitro study

OBJECTIVES: This study was aimed to find out the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of five essential oils against oral pathogens and to find out the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) of five essential oils against oral pathogens. MATERIALS AND M...

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Autores principales: Thosar, Nilima, Basak, Silpi, Bahadure, Rakesh N., Rajurkar, Monali
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4054083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24966732
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1305-7456.119078
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author Thosar, Nilima
Basak, Silpi
Bahadure, Rakesh N.
Rajurkar, Monali
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Bahadure, Rakesh N.
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description OBJECTIVES: This study was aimed to find out the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of five essential oils against oral pathogens and to find out the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) of five essential oils against oral pathogens. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The antimicrobial activities by detecting MIC and MBC/MFC of five essential oils such as tea tree oil, lavender oil, thyme oil, peppermint oil and eugenol oil were evaluated against four common oral pathogens by broth dilution method. The strains used for the study were Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Enterococcus fecalis ATCC 29212, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Candida albicans ATCC 90028. RESULTS: Out of five essential oils, eugenol oil, peppermint oil, tea tree oil exhibited significant inhibitory effect with mean MIC of 0.62 ± 0.45, 9.00 ± 15.34, 17.12 ± 31.25 subsequently. Mean MBC/MFC for tea tree oil was 17.12 ± 31.25, for lavender oil 151.00 ± 241.82, for thyme oil 22.00 ± 12.00, for peppermint oil 9.75 ± 14.88 and for eugenol oil 0.62 ± 0.45. E. fecalis exhibited low degree of sensitivity compared with all essential oils. CONCLUSION: Peppermint, tea tree and thyme oil can act as an effective intracanal antiseptic solution against oral pathogens.
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spelling pubmed-40540832014-06-25 Antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: An in vitro study Thosar, Nilima Basak, Silpi Bahadure, Rakesh N. Rajurkar, Monali Eur J Dent Original Article OBJECTIVES: This study was aimed to find out the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of five essential oils against oral pathogens and to find out the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) of five essential oils against oral pathogens. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The antimicrobial activities by detecting MIC and MBC/MFC of five essential oils such as tea tree oil, lavender oil, thyme oil, peppermint oil and eugenol oil were evaluated against four common oral pathogens by broth dilution method. The strains used for the study were Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Enterococcus fecalis ATCC 29212, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Candida albicans ATCC 90028. RESULTS: Out of five essential oils, eugenol oil, peppermint oil, tea tree oil exhibited significant inhibitory effect with mean MIC of 0.62 ± 0.45, 9.00 ± 15.34, 17.12 ± 31.25 subsequently. Mean MBC/MFC for tea tree oil was 17.12 ± 31.25, for lavender oil 151.00 ± 241.82, for thyme oil 22.00 ± 12.00, for peppermint oil 9.75 ± 14.88 and for eugenol oil 0.62 ± 0.45. E. fecalis exhibited low degree of sensitivity compared with all essential oils. CONCLUSION: Peppermint, tea tree and thyme oil can act as an effective intracanal antiseptic solution against oral pathogens. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4054083/ /pubmed/24966732 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1305-7456.119078 Text en Copyright: © European Journal of Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Thosar, Nilima
Basak, Silpi
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Antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: An in vitro study
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title_full Antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: An in vitro study
title_fullStr Antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: An in vitro study
title_full_unstemmed Antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: An in vitro study
title_short Antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: An in vitro study
title_sort antimicrobial efficacy of five essential oils against oral pathogens: an in vitro study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4054083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24966732
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1305-7456.119078
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