Anticariogenic potentials of clove, tobacco and bitter kola

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 814-818

  Uju, Dibua Esther ^a   Obioma, Nnamani Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial property; Bitter kola; Clove; Extracts; Tobacco; Tooth decay

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATALASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLAVONOID; GARCINIA KOLA EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; HEXANE; PEFLOXACIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOMYCIN; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM EXTRACT; TOBACCO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOBACCO;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DENTAL CARIES; EUGENIA; FEMALE; FRUIT; GARCINIA KOLA; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOBACCO;

EID: 80054868771     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60200-9     Document Type: Article

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