Antimicrobial synergism of Camellia sinensis-isolated five phenol compounds and R-(-)-carvone against mutans streptococci
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Song, Ok-Hee
(Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University)
Kang, Ok-Hua (Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University) Mun, Su-Hyun (Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University) Kim, Min-Chul (Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University) Han, Young-Sun (Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University) Choi, Sung-Hoon (Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University) Lee, Young-Seob (Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA) Kwon, Dong-Yeul (Department of Oriental Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Wonkwang Oriental Medicines Research Institute, Wonkwang University) |
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