ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CINNAMOMUM CASSIA AGAINST DIVERSE MICROBIAL FLORA WITH ITS NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL IMPACTS

摘要

Using standard disk diffusion method the antibacterial activity of aqueous infusion, decoction and essential oil of Cinnamomum cassia (Cinnamon bark) were investigated against 178 bacterial strains belonging to 12 different genera of bacterial population isolated from oral cavity of 250 specimens of apparently healthy individuals aged between 2-85 years. Overall, the oil of Cinnamomum cassia inhibited all type of tested bacterial strains except Salmonella para typhi B exhibiting 99.4% antibacterial effect as compared to aqueous decoction (70.2%) and aqueous infusion (52.2%).