Antimicrobial activity of monocaprin: A monoglyceride with potential use as a denture disinfectant

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-26

  Thorgeirsdóttir, Thórunn Ósk ^a   Kristmundsdóttir, Thórdís ^a   Thormar, Halldór ^a   Axelsdóttir, Íris ^a   Holbrook, W Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Candida albicans; Monocaprin; Oral flora

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DECANOIC ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; MONOCAPRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MOUTH CAVITY; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; YEAST;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL DISINFECTANTS; DENTURE CLEANSERS; DENTURE, COMPLETE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCERIDES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS, DENTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 31544458977     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350500326245     Document Type: Article

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