Antimicrobial activity of a protein purified from the latex of Hevea brasiliensis on oral microorganisms

Mycoses

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-307

  Kanokwiroon, Kanyanatt ^a   Teanpaisan, Rawee ^a   Wititsuwannakul, Dhirayos ^b   Hooper, Alan B ^c   Wititsuwannakul, Rapepun ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Candida spp.; Hevea brasiliensis; Hevein; Oral organisms; Rubber latex

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYSTEINE; HEVEIN; LATEX; PROTEIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG INHIBITION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CANDIDA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEVEA; LATEX; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT LECTINS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HEVEA LATEX; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 44849091840     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2008.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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