Archives of Pharmacal Research
- Volume 21 Issue 3
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- Pages.348-352
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- 1998
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- 0253-6269(pISSN)
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- 1976-3786(eISSN)
Antibacterial Acativity of Camellia sinensis Extracts Against Dental Caries
- Rasheed, Azmat (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab) ;
- Haider, Mujtaba (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Punjab)
- Published : 1998.06.01
Abstract
Different bacteria wwere seperated from saliva and teeth of cariogenic patients and identified by a variety of morphological and biochemical tests. Extracts of green tea strongly inhibited Escherichia coli, Streptococcus salivarius and Streptococcus mutans. The antibacterial effect of green and black tea extracts were compared with those of amoxicillin, cephradine and eugenol.