ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECT OF FICUS BENGHALENSIS & FICUS RELIGIOSA AGAINST ORAL MICROFLORA
Raj Shrijana, Jaiswal Alok, Kumar Sunjeev and Bhatnagar Tripti*
ABSTRACT
The present study shows the Antimicrobial effect of Ficus benghalensis & Ficus religiosa against oral pathogens. Two types of extracts were prepared from tree leaf powder to check their antimicrobial activity on oral pathogenic bacterial culture. The effects of 60% aqueous & methanolic extracts of Ficus benghalensis & Ficus religiosa showed that both the tree extracts were highly effective on Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus but showed very less or no effect on Bacillus licheniformis, Paenibacillus macerans. The aqueous extract of plants was more effective than methanolic extract. Ficus benghalensis tree extract showed better and more effective antibacterial effects. The effect of Soxhlet extracts of Ficus benghalensis & Ficus religiosa were studies that, the both plant extracts were effective on all bacterial culture and formation of zone inhibition was 1.20-2.20cm on agar plates. Thus, throughout the study it is reinforced that the gram +ve rod shaped bacteria are highly resistant to the Ficus tree extracts.
Keywords: Oral microflora, Ficus religiosa, Ficus benghalensis, soxhlet extraction, antimicrobial activity.
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