Study the Effect of Cardamom Extracts on Lactobacilli in Comparison to Chlorohexidine gluconate and De-ionized water (in vitro study)

Abstract

Background: Various herbal extracts are known to provide therapeutic benefits in the oral cavity when used topically. One of these herbs is cardamom which is a dried fruit of the tall permanent herbaceous plant, have its place in the family Zingiberaceae. Objectives: Test the effect of green and black cardamom extracts on Lactobacilli in comparison to chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% and de-ionized water. Materials and methods: Dried fruits of green and black cardamom were extracted by using alcohol 70% ethanol. Saliva was collected from seven volunteers. Agar well technique with different concentrations of green and black cardamom extracts was used to test the sensitivities of Lactobacilli, as well the effects of both cardamom extracts on viable counts of Lactobacilli. Results: Lactobacilli were sensitive to different concentrations of green and black cardamom extracts starting with (5%) to (40%) using agar well diffusion technique. Both types of cardamom extracts green and black were effective in inhibition of Lactobacilli but still weaker than chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2%. Highly significant reduction in the counts of bacteria were reported with cardamom extracts and chlorhexidine in comparison to neutral control after two hrs.. Conclusions: Both types of cardamom (green and black) showed an effect on Lactobacilli but still less than chlorhexidine.

Preparation of zinc oxide nanoparticles using punica granatum and elettaria cardamomum fruit extract and determining its antibacterial activity against lactobacillus

“…On the other hand, Sara.L.Kahil et al in their study on Elettaria cardamomum extract found good antibacterial activity against Lactobacillus, and this was hypothesised because of the essential oil oleoresin present in it (Khalil et al, 2015).…”

“…Punica granatum and Elettaria cardamomum are both known for their excellent antimicrobial property (Khalil et al, 2015;Kote et al, 2011). Hence, in the current study, Punica granatum and Elettaria cardamomum mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles have been formulated to determine its antimicrobial activity against Lactobacillus.…”

Spatial Distribution of some of the Common Minerals in Saad River Project, Maysan Province, Iraq

“…Two types of feldspar minerals were found in the soils of the study area, which are potassium feldspar (orthoclase and microcline), and their percentages ranged 00-11.5% and 00-7.11%, respectively. For the second type of plagioclase feldspar (albite and anorthite), rates ranged 3% -21.7%, and 0.0 -7.8%, respectively [5]. During their studies to diagnose heavy and light sand minerals for some soils in the south and north of Iraq, the predominance of quartz mineral in all types of soils of the studied sites within the light part of the light sand minerals, and this was attributed to its resistance to weathering processes as well as being inherited from a substance the origin.…”