Effect of khat chewing on periodontal pathogens in subgingival biofilm from chronic periodontitis patients

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 564-569

  Al Hebshi, Nezar Noor ^a   Al Sharabi, Ali Kaid ^b   Shuga Aldin, Hussein Mohammed ^c   Al Haroni, Mohammed ^d   Ghandour, Ibrahim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Yemen)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catha edulis; Dental biofilm; Khat; Periodontitis; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARVIMONAS MICRA; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; CATHA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

CATHA EDULIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 78649653292     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.08.051     Document Type: Article

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