Antibacterial activities of extracts from Ugandan medicinal plants used for oral care

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 852-855

  Ocheng, Francis ^a,b   Bwanga, Freddie ^a   Joloba, Moses ^a   Borg Karlson, Ann Karin ^c   Gustafsson, Anders ^b   Obua, Celestino ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; CLEMATIS HIRSUTA EXTRACT; CRASSOCEPHALUM VITELLINUM EXTRACT; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; DOXYCYCLINE; EUCLEA LATIDENS EXTRACT; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM EXTRACT; HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM EXTRACT; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITE EXTRACT; LANTANA TRIFOLIA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA FOETIDA EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM NIGRUM EXTRACT; TECLEA NOBILIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM EXTRACT; SOLVENT;

AGAR DILUTION; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLEMATIS HIRSUTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSOCEPHALUM VITELLINUM; CYMBOPOGON NARDUS; CYMBOPOGON NARDUS EXTRACT; DENTAL CARIES; EUCLEA LATIDENS; FRUIT JUICE; GYMNANTHEMUM AMYGDALINUM; HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITE; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LANTANA TRIFOLIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOMORDICA FOETIDA; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLANT ROOT; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TECLEA NOBILIS; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; UGANDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICHRYSUM ODORATISSIMUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LANTANA TRIFOLIA; LATIDENS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; ZANTHOXYLUM CHALYBEUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DENTAL CARIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS; UGANDA;

EID: 84905087642     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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