Comparative evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy of <i><scp>S</scp>yzygium aromaticum</i>,<i><scp>O</scp>cimum sanctum</i> and <i><scp>C</scp>innamomum zeylanicum</i> plant extracts against <i><scp>E</scp>nterococcus faecalis</i>: a preliminary study

Abstract

Cinnamomum zeylanicum, S. aromaticum and O. sanctum demonstrated antimicrobial activity against planktonic and biofilm forms of E. faecalis with C. zeylanicum and S. aromaticum having better antimicrobial efficacy than O. sanctum. NaOCl had superior antimicrobial efficacy amongst all the groups.