African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5233

Full Length Research Paper

Iranian traditional medicine: Comparison of the antibacterial effect of ANNAS 0.2% and chlorhexidine 0.2%

Hasanali Shafiee1, Hamed Mortazavi2, Maryam Baharvand2, Guita Eslami3, Sedigheh Bakhtiari2, Soodabeh Taheri3, Fatemeh Namazi4, Amin Asgari5, Somayyeh Azimi6* and Khojasteh Joharchi7
1Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 5Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 6Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran. 7Department of Pharmacology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 09 December 2011
  •  Published: 23 April 2012

Abstract

Anbarnesa smoke have a long history of antimicrobial effects in Iranian traditional medicine. The present study compared the effect of ANNAS (extract of Anbarnesara smoke) mouth wash 0.2% and Chlorhexidine 0.2% against some bacterial species. In this experimental study, the specific culture mediums were used for each species and the antibacterial efficacies of the mouth rinses were determined by means of agar diffusion test (for measurement of inhibitory zone diameter (IZD)) and dilution method (for measurement minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC)). IZD and MIC were statistically analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-whitney U tests. Both mouth rinses of ANNAS 0.2% and Chlorhexidine 0.2% had similar inhibitory growth zone for different bacterial species which was significantly better than control specimens. Chlorhexidine 0.2% induced higher MIC values than ANNAS 0.2% for the streptococcus sanguis and Enterococcus faecalisspecies, while no significant differences were found between two agents regarding MIC values against the other bacteria. Chlorhexidine 0.2% and ANNAS 0.2% showed higher growth inhibitory effect than control specimens against all bacteria except for E. faecalis. ANNAS mouth rinse 0.2% has some antibacterial properties, but it is not as efficacious as Chlorhexidine 0.2% on some selected species, with no significant effect on the E. faecalisspecies.

 

Key words: Antibacterial effect, mouth rinse, chlorhexidine, anbarnesa

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