The tea catechin epigallocatechin gallate suppresses cariogenic virulence factors of Streptococcus mutans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1229-1236

  Xu, Xin ^a,b   Zhou, Xue D ^b   Wu, Christine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE DEIMINASE; ENOLASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; F 1 F 0 ATPASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACIDITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATECHIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79952339749     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01016-10     Document Type: Article

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