Antibacterial activity of zingiberaceae leaves Essential oils against streptococcus mutans And teeth-biofilm degradation

10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12

Volume 7 Issue 4 2016 (October - December) Antibacterial activity of zingiberaceae leaves Essential oils against streptococcus mutans And teeth-biofilm degradation This experiment was conducted to determine the potency of essential oils derived from Zingiberaceae leaves as antibacterial against lessThan i greaterThan Streptococcus mutans lessThan /i greaterThan and biofilm degradation on teeth. The essential oils were derived from lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma domestica lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma zedoaria lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma xanthorrhiza lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Elettaria cardamomum lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Kaempferia galanga lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Zingiber officinale lessThan /i greaterThan varietas rubrum, and lessThan i greaterThan Zingiber purpureum lessThan /i greaterThan . The assay was performed through dilution method. Chlorhexidine and a commercial mouthwash were used as positive control. The highest yield of essential oil was obtained from lessThan i greaterThan Elettaria cardamomum lessThan /i greaterThan (2.43%). Essential oil of lessThan i greaterThan Kaempferia galanga lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Curcuma domestica lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Elettaria cardamomum lessThan /i greaterThan , and lessThan i greaterThan Zingiber purpureum lessThan /i greaterThan were successfully inhibited lessThan i greaterThan Streptococcus mutans lessThan /i greaterThan with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 2000 μg/mL. Furthermore, lessThan i greaterThan Elettaria cardamomum lessThan /i greaterThan showed the best antibacterial activity and degradation of biofilms. This essential oil was further analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometer. The results showed eucalyptol as the main compound responsible for antibacterial activity and was predicted to effect biofilm degradation activity. IRMANIDA BATUBARA, WULAN TRI WAHYUNI AND MIEKE SUSANTA Antibacterial, Biofilm Degradation, Essential Oils, Leaves; Zingiberaceae. 111-116