Comparative Evaluation of Herbal Waters with a Medicated Mouth Rinse by In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory Study

Abstract

Frequent usage of chemical mouthwashes cause discoloration of teeth, disturbance of taste, sores on the mouth to avoid these herbal mouthrinses are preferred. The objective of this study is to prepare and characterize Clove, Mint, Tulasi and Neem herbal waters and evaluate Anti-inflammatory activity of those herbal waters. Protein denaturation assay method was used and results showed Clove herbal water has 80.6% of Anti-inflammatory activity, Mint herbal water has 72.1% of Anti-inflammatory activity, Tulasi herbal water has 72.8% of Anti-inflammatory activity, Neem herbal water has 76.1% of Anti-inflammatory activity and Honey has 73.1% of Anti-inflammatory activity. We estimated the amount of herbal powders per 100ml (Clove, Mint, Tulasi and Neem) having the equal potency of Anti-inflammatory activity with chlorhexidine. Hence these herbal waters can be used in the preparation of herbal mouthrinses.