Table 2 The antimicrobial evaluation of the frankincense extract and frankincense-chitosan-NPs.

Sample name

Inhibition zone (mm) at 20 mg/ml

E.Coli

S.typhi

S.aureus

S.mutans

C.albicans

Frankincense

20.00^b ± 1.00

19.33^a ± 1.15

21.66 ^a ±12.5

21.33^b ± 0.57

20.00^a ± 2.0

Frankincense-chitosan-NPs

17.33^a ± 0.58

22.00^a ± 2.00

15.00 ^b ±1.00

23.60 0^a ± 0.57

23.33^a ± 0.57

LSD

1.85

3.70

2.92

2.06

3.33