Use of ethanol extracts of Terminalia chebula to prevent periodontal disease induced by dental plaque bacteria

Table 1 Antibacterial effect of EETC against plaque bacteria

Compound	Concentration (μg/disk)	Size of clear zone (disk margin, mm)
Compound	Concentration (μg/disk)	S. mutants	A. actinomycetemcomitans	¹DPB^#1	¹DPB^#2	¹DPB^#3
Control	−³	-	-	-	-	-
Ampicillin	10	15.5 ± 0.21^b	-	0.1 ± 0.11	-	-
²EETC	5	3.8 ± 0.19^b	3.7 ± 0.03^a	3.2 ± 0.03^a	2.7 ± 0.09^b	3.9 ± 0.18^b
²EETC	10	7.2 ± 0.07^b	7.5 ± 0.02^b	6.9 ± 0.04^b	5.3 ± 0.05^b	7.4 ± 0.06^b

¹DPB; dental plaque bacteria, ²EETC; ethanol extracts of Terminalia chebula, ³No inhibition
(^a P < 0.05, ^b P < 0.01)

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