The importance of aldehydes as antimicrobial agents is
widely accepted and the present study has also confirmed the
presence of aldehydes in chloroform and methanol–ethyl acetate
extracts of seeds of A. cocculus (Table 2). Recently it has
been reported that cinnamic aldehyde could help in reducing
oral bacterial growth by more than 50% and is especially effective
against bacteria living at the back of the tongue and
reduces anaerobic bacteria populations by about 43%