Extraction, assay, and analysis of antimicrobials from plants with activity against dental pathogens (Streptococcus sp.)

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-45

  Tichy, Josef ^a   Novak, Jan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0032016669     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.1998.4.1-39     Document Type: Article

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