In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Pomegranate Juice and Peel Extracts on Cariogenic Bacteria

Table 1

Antibacterial activity of pomegranate fruit extracts against Streptococcus mutans and Rothia dentocariosa.

Cariogenic bacteria	Pomegranate juice extracts (μg/µl)		Pomegranate peel extracts (μg/µl)		Ampicillin (μg/µl)
			MIC	MBC	MIC	MBC
S. mutans ATCC 25175	25	40	10	15	0.01	0.02
R. dentocariosa Rd1	20	140	10	15	0.04	1.2

: minimum inhibitory concentration. : minimum bactericidal concentration.