In vitro effects of crude khat extracts on the growth, colonization, and glucosyltransferases of Streptococcus mutans

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 136-142

  Al Hebshi, Nezar Noor ^a,b   Nielsen, Øyunn ^a   Skaug, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Armauer Hansens Hus   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caries; Catha edulis; Glucosyltransferase; Khat; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTIVAR; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; IMMIGRANT; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SOLUBILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEMEN;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CATHA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 20944443146     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350510019838     Document Type: Article

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