Inhibitory activity of myrtus communis oil on some clinically isolated oral pathogens

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 363-368

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

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HORMOZGAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Myrtus communis oil; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; NYSTATIN; VANCOMYCIN; MYRTUS COMMUNIS OIL; OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTURE; FUNGUS CULTURE; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH ABSCESS; MOUTH INFECTION; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THRUSH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HYDRODISTILLATION; INHIBITION ZONE; MOUTH LESION; DOSE RESPONSE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DENTAL CARIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYRTUS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHARYNGITIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 84905010163     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362238     Document Type: Article

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