Hwang Jae-Kwan, Shim Jae-Seok, Chung Jae-Youn
Department of Biotechnology and Bioproducts Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea.
Fitoterapia. 2004 Sep;75(6):596-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2004.05.006.
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.
五种热带植物,即岗松、光果甘草、箭根薯、酸浆和没食子栎的甲醇提取物,对致龋菌变形链球菌表现出强大的抗菌活性。特别是,光果甘草、箭根薯和酸浆在提取物浓度为50微克/毫升时,2分钟内对变形链球菌产生快速杀菌作用。