Inhibitory activity of green tea (Camellia sinensis) extract on some clinically isolated cariogenic and periodontopathic bacteria

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-372

  Araghizadeh, Abdolmehdi ^a   Kohanteb, Jamshid ^b   Fani, Mohammad Mehdi ^c  

^a HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Green tea; Minimal inhibitory concentrations; Periodontopathic; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

GREEN TEA EXTRACT; AGAR; AMIKACIN; CARIOGENIC AGENT; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TEA; ASSAY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; PERIODONTOPATHIC BACTERIA;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84879098710     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000348299     Document Type: Article

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