Plants produce a wide variety of phytochemical constituents, which are secondary metabolites and are used either directly or indirectly in the pharmaceutical industry. 'For centuries, man has effectively used various components of plants or their extracts for the treatment of many diseases, including bacterial infections. In the present study methanol, chloroform and aqueous extracts of Cassia ...

Chronic periodontitis is the most common type of periodontitis. The main cause chronic bacterial colonization plaque. Porphyromonas gingivalis pathogen and has highest prevalence Bay leaf extract (Syzygium polyanthum wight) believed to have pharmacological effect that can be used as antibacterial. purpose this research was determine inhibitory bay on growth in vitro. method experimental laborat...

background & aim:vaginal disease has always been a great concern of women. medicinal plants as natural resources with fewer side effects can effectively treat these infections given the diversity of these infections, resistance to antibiotics and side effects of existing drugs. the present study aimed to compare antimicrobial effects of methanol extract of francoeuria undulata on growth of seve...

OBJECTIVES Otological solutions have long been used in the treatment of the bacterial and fungal infections of the ear. We investigated antibacterial activity of some otic solutions against the most common bacteria isolated from discharging ears. STUDY DESIGN Three solutions were used (Castellani's, Burrow's, and 2% salicyl alcohol) for 20 fresh isolates of each of the following organisms: St...

Novel sulfonamides were developed and structures of the new products were confirmed by elemental and spectral analysis (FT-IR, ESI-MS, (1)HNMR, and (13)CNMR). In vitro, developed compounds were screened for their antibacterial activities against medically important gram (+) and gram (-) bacterial strains, namely, S. aureus, B. subtilis, E. coli, and K. pneumoniae. The antibacterial activities h...

BACKGROUND Pharmacological screening and usage of natural products for the treatment of human diseases has had a long history from traditional medicine to modern drugs. The majority of modern drugs are reported to be mostly from natural products. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the inhibitory activity of 5-(2,4-dimethylbenzyl) pyrrolidin-2-one (DMBPO) extracted from mar...

Background and Aim: This study aimed to compare the effects of acetone and ethanolic extracts of Plantago major (P. major) on S. mutans.   Materials and Methods: In this in vitro study, the antibacterial effects of eight different concentrations of the acetone and ethanolic extracts of P. major seed were examined on S. mutans, and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bacte...

use of herbal extracts and essences as natural antibacterial compounds has become increasingly popular for the control of oral infectious diseases. therefore, finding natural antimicrobial products with the lowest side effects seems necessary. the present study sought to assess the effect of punica granatum l. water extract on five oral bacteria and bacterial biofilm formation on orthodontic wi...