Fig. 1.

M. aurea extract inhibit the bacterial adhesion. Alamar Blue based polystyrene adhesion assay was used to evaluate the effect of M. aurea on P. gingivalis, T. denticola, T. forsythia and A. actinomycetemcomitans adherence. All the tested bacterial strains were exposed to MIC × 0.5, MIC × 1 and MIC × 2 values of plant extract for 6 hrs at 37 °C. Control bars indicate all untreated bacterial strains, accepted as 0% inhibition. Results are presented from three independent experiments using means ± SD. ***p < 0.0001.