Open AccessWild honey 50% inhibits growth ofstreptococcus viridansin vitro
Author(s) -
N Jeani,
Meizly Andina
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1246/1/012020
Subject(s) - streptococcus , chlorhexidine , microbiology and biotechnology , colony forming unit , streptococcus mutans , food science , biology , bacteria , chlorhexidine gluconate , streptococcaceae , dentistry , medicine , antibiotics , genetics
Honey has peroxide hydrogen and flavonoid as an anti-bacterial activity. Streptococcus viridans is known as a normal flora in the mouth cavity furthermore it can become a pathogen. Several Streptococcus viridans make an important role in forming a caries teeth. The objective of this study is to determine a comparative the inhibition power of wild honey 50% with chlorhexidine gluconate 0,2% against the growth of Streptococci viridans bacteria. This research is an experimental posttest only with control group design. Streptococcus viridian was taken from the Regional Health Laboratory. The groups are wild honey 50%, chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2%, and aquadest. The study was conducted at the Laboratory Health Center of North Sumatra Province. Antibacterial activity of wild honey 50% against Streptococcus viridans in vitro shows that honey has antibacterial inhibitory power. Mann Whitney test results for each wild honey 50% group with chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2% group obtained a significant P value of 0.007 (α <0.05). Wild honey 50% group with negative aquadest control group obtained a significant p-value of 0.000 (α <0.05). Wild honey 50% can inhibit the growth of Streptococcus viridans, though still has a significant difference (p <0.05) compared to chlorhexidine gluconate 0.2%.