Open AccessChemical constituent and antimicrobial effect of essential oil from Myrtus communis leaves on microorganisms involved in persistent endodontic infection compared to two common endodontic irrigants: An in vitro study
Author(s) -
Mohammadreza Nabavizadeh,
Abbas Abbaszadegan,
Ahmad Gholami,
Reza Sheikhiani,
Mohammad Mehdi Shokouhi,
Mahdi Sedigh Shams,
Younes Ghasemi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.139836
Subject(s) - myrtus communis , antimicrobial , enterococcus faecalis , essential oil , eugenol , minimum inhibitory concentration , chemistry , minimum bactericidal concentration , sodium hypochlorite , linalool , candida albicans , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , organic chemistry , gene
Persistent infections of human root canals play a fundamental role in the failure of endodontic treatment. The purpose of this study is to determine the chemical composition of Myrtus communis (M. communis) essential oil and to assess its antimicrobial activity against Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans compared to that of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and chlorhexidine (CHX).