Differentiate the Antibacterial Activity from extract semboja flower and Kenacort

Objectives: To investigate the antimicrobial activity of extracted Semboja flower and Kenacort. Methods: The thirteen common oral nonpathogenic and pathogenic bacteria were used in this study such as Streptococcus α, Streptococcus β, Staphyllococcus Citrus, Staphyllococcus Albus, Staphyllococcus Aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Aeruginosa Pseudomonas, Klebsiela, Vibrio Sp, Escherichia coli, Proteus, S mutan-1 (obtained from Faculty of Dentistry, University of Trisakti) and S mutan-2 (obtained from Faculty of Dentistry, University of Indonesian). The disc diffusion agar test was uesed to measure the antimicrobial activity. Ampicilin (40 µg / disc) and penicilin (40 I.U.) were used as the positive control. We measured the diameters of zones of inhibited growth (clear zone) around each paper discs. Results: The results revealed that the antimicrobial activity of extracted Semboja flower and Kenacort is not significantly different. However the diameters of inhibition zones of extracted Semboja flower and Kenacort were larger than that of ampilcilin (14.4 mm) and penicillin (14.3 mm) i.e 28.85 mm for Strepto α and 59.57 mm for Staphyllococcus Albus . If we compared with as a control, there is a significantly different, 2 until 5 times. Conclusions: Results from the current study indicate that antibacterial activity from chloroform extracted Semboja flower and Kenacort have to get attention. Further study is necessary with other germs and under more clinically relevant condition to estimate the in vivo risk of these extracts to filling the root canal.