In vitro evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Arctium lappa as a phytotherapeutic agent used in intracanal dressings

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 184-186

  Gentil, Marcelo ^a   Pereira, Juliana Vianna ^a   Corrêa Silva Sousa, Yara T ^a   Pietro, Rosimeire ^a   Sousa Neto, Manoel D ^a,b   Vansan, Luiz Pascoal ^a   De Castro França, Suzelei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b Rua Célia de Oliveira Meireles   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Arctium lappa; Intracanal dressing

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ARCTIUM LAPPA EXTRACT; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARCTIUM LAPPA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ACETATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCTIUM; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BANDAGES; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TIME FACTORS;

ARCTIUM LAPPA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 33645463838     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1829     Document Type: Article

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