Natural products for dental caries prevention

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-384

  Badria, Farid A ^a   Zidan, Omar A ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Natural products; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BIOCHANIN A; CATECHOL; ELLAGIC ACID; EMETINE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; QUININE; TANNIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DENTAL CARIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATECHOLS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMETINE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; QUININE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CINCHONA PUBESCENS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 4644236959     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2004.7.381     Document Type: Article

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