Review of the therapeutic effects of Camellia sinensis (green tea) on oral and periodontal health

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5465-5469

  Arab, Hamidreza ^a   Maroofian, Ahmad ^a   Golestani, Shayan ^a   Shafaee, Hooman ^a   Sohrabi, Keyvan ^b   Forouzanfar, Ali ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Green tea; Oral cancer; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; EPICATECHIN; EPICATECHIN GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; MOUTHWASH; PLACEBO;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER PREVENTION; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GINGIVITIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOPLAKIA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA NIGRESCENS; REVIEW; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 80755147180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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