Black tea extract and dental caries formation in hamsters

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-95

  Linke, Harald A B ^a   LeGeros, Racquel Z ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIZARIN; BLACK TEA EXTRACT; FLUORIDE; POLYPHENOL; SUGAR; SUNPHENON; WORLD BLEND TEA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DENTAL CARIES; DIET, CARIOGENIC; FLUORIDES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TEA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CRICETINAE; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0037276671     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096374803/000062029     Document Type: Article

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