Detection of antimicrobial activity of banana peel (Musa paradisiaca L.) on Porphyromonas gingivalis and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans: An in vitro study

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 496-499

  Kapadia, Suraj Premal ^a   Pudakalkatti, Pushpa S ^a   Shivanaikar, Sachin ^a  

^a Dental Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; banana; chronic periodontitis; isopropyl alcohol; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948753793     PISSN: 0976237X     EISSN: 09762361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-237X.169864     Document Type: Article

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