Potency of Barleria prionitis L. bark extracts against oral diseases causing strains of bacteria and fungi of clinical origin
Potency of Barleria prionitis L. bark extracts against oral diseases causing strains of bacteria and fungi of clinical origin
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Barleria prionitis L.树皮提取物对引起临床来源的细菌和真菌菌株的口腔疾病的功效
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2010
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C. Sharma
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K. R. Aneja;Radhika N. Joshi;C. Sharma
Oral health is integral to general well being and relates to the quality of life that extends beyond the functions of craniofacial complex. Plants have traditionally provided a source of hope for novel drug compounds, as plant herbal mixtures have made large contributions to human health and well-being. We report in this work for the first time, the potent antifungal activity of Barleria prionotis L. bark on two Candida albicans strains and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, involved in oral diseases of human. Acetone, methanol, ethanol, aqueous (hot and cold) extracts of Barleria prionitis bark were screened for in vitro activity against four oral bacteria Streptococcus mutans, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp. and three oral fungi C.albicans strain 1, C.albicans strain 2 and S.cerevisiae. This plant was selected due to its traditional use for the treatment of oral infections. Three clinical strains namely Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp. and Candida albicans strain 2 were isolated from dental caries affected patients. The antimicrobial activity of B.prionitis extracts on the agar plates varied in different solvents. The methanolic bark extract of B. prionitis was the most effective against all the four oral bacteria and the three oral fungi. Bacillus sp. was found to be the most sensitive pathogen which survived upto 12.5mg/ml, thus having an MIC of 25mg/ml. The antimicrobial potential of B.prionitis bark against Bacillus sp. was comparable with the standard antibiotic drug, the positive control, ciprofloxacin which produced a 29.65mm inhibition zone. Interestingly the methanolic extract of B.prionitis bark showed much more potent activity against all the tested oral fungi namely S.cerevisiae, C.albicans strain 1 and C.albicans strain 2, than the standard drug amphotericin -B thus having a great potential to control candidiasis and other oral fungal infections. (New York Science Journal 2010;3(11):5-12). (ISSN: 1554-0200).