Antibiofilm and quorum sensing inhibitory activity of Achyranthes aspera on cariogenic Streptococcus mutans: An in vitro and in silico study

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 728-736

  Murugan, K ^a   Sekar, K ^b,c   Sangeetha, S ^d   Ranjitha, S ^d   Sohaibani, S A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^d AU KBC Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biofilm; Caries; Lipinski's rule; Molinspiration; Quorum quenching

Indexed keywords

3,12 OLEANDIONE; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; BENZENE; BETULIN; ETHER; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; METHANOL; PETROLEUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACHYRANTHES; BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CARIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUORUM SENSING; SOLVENTS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84877834017     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2013.764330     Document Type: Article

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