Antibacterial activity of garlic and lime on isolates of extracted carious teeth

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3163-3166

  Owhe Ureghe, U B ^a   Ehwarieme, D A ^a   Eboh, D O ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Actinomyces viscosus; Garlic (allium sativum linn.); Lactobacillus acidophilus; Lime (citrus aurantifolia linn.); Norcadia asteroides; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus mutans; Veillonella alcaligens

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; MOUTHWASH; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LIME (FRUIT); MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH PAIN; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SORE THROAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VEILLONELLA; VEILLONELLA ALCALIGENS;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 77958121641     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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