The antimicrobial activity of alpha-bisabolol and tea tree oil against Solobacterium moorei, a Gram-positive bacterium associated with halitosis

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-16

  Forrer, Marcel ^a   Kulik, Eva M ^a   Filippi, Andreas ^a   Waltimo, Tuomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha bisabolol; Antimicrobial activity; Halitosis; Solobacterium moorei; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BISABOLOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE; TEA TREE OIL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHLORHEXIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SESQUITERPENES; TEA TREE OIL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BULLEIDIA MOOREI; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84870404341     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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