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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2024

Comparative Evaluation of Antibacterial Efficacy, Molecular Docking of Ethanolic Extract of Blackseed, Seaweed and Calcium Hydroxide Intracanal Medicament with Enterococcus Faecalis Antigens.

S Radha, A Shafie Ahamed, James L Gutmann, S Bhavani, G Rajaraman, M Chittrarasu

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Journal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2025
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  2. Antibacterial efficacy and molecular docking analysis ofJournal of conservative dentistry and endodontics · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

S RadhaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Cuddalor Dt, Tamil Nadu, India.
A Shafie AhamedDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Cuddalor Dt, Tamil Nadu, India.
James L GutmannTexas A & M University, College of Dentistry, Dallas Texas, USA.
S BhavaniDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Cuddalor Dt, Tamil Nadu, India.
G RajaramanDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Cuddalor Dt, Tamil Nadu, India.
M ChittrarasuDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vivekanantha Dental College for Women, Elayampalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the inhibitory effect of ethanolic extract blackseed, seaweed, and calcium hydroxide intracanal medicament with Enterococcus faecalis biofilm. To study the binding interaction between the active components of blackseed and seaweed against the enterococcal surface protein of ( Materials and Methods: The ethanolic extracts of blackseed and seaweed were prepared using the Soxhlet apparatus. They were divided into three groups, namely, |Group I: Calcium hydroxide, Group II: Blackseed, and Group III: Seaweed. The antibacterial activity of the three groups was detected employing various concentrations ranging from 250, 125, and 62.5 μg/ml and based on the zone of inhibition. The inhibitory potential of medicaments to inhibit Results: The percentage of inhibition of Conclusion: Compared to seaweed, black seed extract exhibited higher antibacterial activity against the

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AntibiofilmE. faecalismolecular docking

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PMID38882822
PMCPMC11174239

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