Screening of aqueous extracts of medicinal herbs for antimicrobial activity against oral bacteria

Background: Dental caries is considered to be a preventable disease, and various antimicrobial agents have been developed for the prevention of dental diseases; however, many bacteria show resistance to existing agents. In this study, 14 medicinal herbs were evaluated for antimicrobial activity agai...

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Main Authors: Nam-Hui Yim, Young Pil Jung, Won-Kyung Cho, Taesoo Kim, Aeyung Kim, Minju Im, Jin Yeul Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Integrative Medicine Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221342201300005X