Anticariogenic activity of some tropical medicinal plants against Streptococcus mutans.
The methanol extracts of five tropical plants, Baeckea frutescens, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Kaempferia pandurata, Physalis angulata and Quercus infectoria, exhibited potent antibacterial activity against the cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans. In particular, G. glabra, K. pandurata and P. angulata conferred fast killing bactericidal effect against S. mutans in 2 min at 50 microg/ml of extract concentration.
Hwang
Jae-Kwan
JK
Department of Biotechnology and Bioproducts Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea. jkhwang@yonsei.ac.kr
Shim
Jae-Seok
JS
Chung
Jae-Youn
JY
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000187:drug effects*; D014329:Tropical Climate
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents