COMPARISON THE INHIBITORY EFFECTIVENESS OFSalvia officinalisEXTRACTS AND CHLORHEXIDINE MOUTH WASHER ON SOME BACTERIAL GENUS OF MOUTH

Abstract

This research aimed to study the effect of the methanolic , water & oil extracts of sage (Salvia officinalis) examined against species of pathogenic bacteria isolated from mouth( Streptococcus mutans ,Strep. gas, Strep. feacalis,Staphylococcusaureus, Escherichia coli , Klebsiella sp. & Pseudomonas sp.) using agar –well diffusion method and compared the results of herbal extracts with the chemical mouth washer Chlorhexidine .the results showed that the gram positive bacteria was more sensitive than gram negative bacteria and the pure oil of sage had the the high inhibitory effect on bacteria more than inhibitory effectiveness of mouth washer and methanolic extracts , while the water sage extracts did not effective against any species of bacteria.