Anticariogenic activity of some tropical medicinal plants against Streptococcus mutans

Jae-Kwan Hwang; Jae-Seok Shim; Jae-Youn Chung

doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2004.05.006

Anticariogenic activity of some tropical medicinal plants against Streptococcus mutans

Fitoterapia. 2004 Sep;75(6):596-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2004.05.006.

Authors

Jae-Kwan Hwang¹, Jae-Seok Shim, Jae-Youn Chung

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biotechnology and Bioproducts Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea. jkhwang@yonsei.ac.kr

PMID: 15351117
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2004.05.006

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phytotherapy*
Plants, Medicinal*
Streptococcus mutans / drug effects*
Tropical Climate

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents