Inhibitory effect of sorbitol on sugar metabolism of Streptococcus mutans in vitro and on acid production in dental plaque in vivo

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-99

  Takahashi Abbe, S ^a   Abbe, K ^b   Takahashi, N ^a   Tamazawa, Y ^a   Yamada, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid production; Dental plaque pH; In dwelling telemetry; Inhibition; NADH NAD+ ratio; Pyruvate formate lyase; Sorbitol; Streptococcus mutans; Sugar metabolism; Sugar alcohol

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE; FORMATE C ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FORMATE C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; SORBITOL; SUCROSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PH; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ADULT; AGED; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; FORMIC ACIDS; GLUCOSE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; LACTIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; NAD; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID; SORBITOL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE;

EID: 0035137872     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2001.016002094.x     Document Type: Article

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