Analysis of bioactive metabolites from Azolla pinnata against Dental caries Selvi K. Vanmathi1, Aruna S.1, Rajeshkumar S.2,* 1Department of Microbiology, Sri Akilandeswari Women's College, Wandiwash-604 408, TN, India 2School of Bio-Sciences and Technology (SBST), Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore-632014, TN, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: ssrajeshkumar@hotmail.com
Online published on 22 September, 2017. Abstract Dental carries are the major health problem may cause severe pain in mouth. Azolla pinnata is the one of the important green food and economically valued material. Antimicrobial efficiency of Azolla pinnata was examined using Ethanol, chloroform and water, as solvents and tested against human dental pathogens using agar well diffusion method. Dental organisms were isolated from dental sample and based on their biochemical characters identified as Streptococcus mutans 1, Streptococcus mutans 2 Streptococcus mutans 3 and Streptococcus mutans 4. The phytochemicals present in the plant extracts were analyzed biochemically and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopically. Top Keywords Azolla pinnata, Antimicrobials, dental carries, Streptococcus mutants. Top |