Antimicrobial effect of Pistacia atlantica leaf extract

The antimicrobial effect of the mastic tree (Pistacia atlantica) under in vitro conditions has been reported. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effect of the plant leaf extract (aqueous) on bacterial load in mouth and saliva. The leaf of the Pistacia atlantica plant was collected and clea...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bioinformation 2016-01, Vol.12 (1), p.19-21
Main Authors: Ali Roozegar, Mohamad, Azizi Jalilian, Farid, Reza Havasian, Mohamad, Panahi, Jafar, Pakzad, Iraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Hypothesis
Pistacia
Streptococcus
Streptococcus salivarius
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The antimicrobial effect of the mastic tree (Pistacia atlantica) under in vitro conditions has been reported. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effect of the plant leaf extract (aqueous) on bacterial load in mouth and saliva. The leaf of the Pistacia atlantica plant was collected and cleaned, dried at 40⁰c and then powdered. The extraction was carried out using the maceration method in vacuum with the rotary evaporator device. Bacterial inhibition (Streptococcus species) by the leaf extract was studied using the disc diffusion and embedding sink diffusion methods. The values of MIC and MBC were determined. The collected data was further analyzed using t-test and repeated measure statistical tests. The disc diffusion technique showed a significant inhibitory effect for Pistacia atlantica leaf extract on S. mutans (ATCC 35668) and S. mitis (ATCC 49456) with inhibition zones of 19 and 25 millimeters, respectively. This is for the highest leaf extract concentration used in this study (p
ISSN:0973-2063
0973-8894
0973-2063
DOI:10.6026/97320630012019