Evaluation of the antimicrobial efficacy of green tea extract (EGCG) against streptococcus pyogenes in vitro

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 47, Issue , 2011, Pages 177-182

  Vance, Stacy Hull ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bacterial attachment; Cell line; Cellular attachment; Epigallocatechin gallate (egcg); Epithelial cells; Green tea; Kidney cells; Rhesus monkey; RHKEC; Streptococcus pyogens (gas)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; CELL LINE; CELLULAR ATTACHMENTS; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GREEN TEA; KIDNEY CELLS; RHESUS MONKEY; RHKEC; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENS (GAS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; ORGANIC ACIDS;

GASES;

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 79960605787     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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