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Effects of Dodonaea viscosa leaf extracts against some oral pathogenic bacteria
Musa A. Ahmed1, Maryam M. Habeeb2, Idris Shehu3, Umar Shittu4, Abubakar Abdullahi5, Saleh Isyaku6.
Introduction:Dodonaea viscosa known as Hopwood plant is traditionally used for the treatment of various ailments such as sore throat, wounds, fever, cold, arthritis, sinusitis-flu, boils, dressing for skin diseases, oral thrush, tooth-aches and related problems. Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. are found to be associated in many oral infections. This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of D. viscosa leaf-extracts against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. Methods: The crude extract of the plant leaves was prepared using aqueous and methanol fractions by percolation method. Both extracts were screened qualitatively for phytochemicals in which methanolic extract was found to possess high contents of bioactive compounds compared to aqueous extract. The extracts were then tested against two standard strains of oral pathogenic bacteria which are Streptococcus mutans and Lactoba-cillus spp. at different concentrations using disc-diffusion method with streptomycin being used as positive control. Results: Both extracts of D. viscosa have shown to possess antibacterial properties against the test organisms by in-hibiting their growth in-vitro. The most susceptible organism was S. mutans (14mm at 400mg/mL) then followed by Lactobacillus spp. (11mm at 400mg/mL), with methanolic extract being more potent compared to aqueous extract. Conclusion: Therefore, results of the study suggest that leaf-extract of D. viscosa may have the potential to be used alternatively to control S. mutans and Lactobacillus spp. which are responsible for oral infections and this, may be attributed to the presence of phytochemical components of the leaves.
Affiliation:
- Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria
- Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria
- Kaduna State University, Nigeria
- Isa Kaita College of Education Dutsinma, Nigeria
- Kano State Polytechnic, Nigeria
- Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Nigeria
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Q4 (Medicine (all)) |
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