Antimicrobial effect of propolis on Streptococcus mutans | ||
| Al-Rafidain Dental Journal | ||
| Article 3, Volume 2, Issue 3, December 2002, Pages 299-303 PDF (1.27 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rden.2002.166439 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ghada Y ABDUL-RAHMAN | ||
| Abstract | ||
| We choose two types of propolis extracts; watery and ethanolic; to estimate their activity against the most cariogenic microorganism; Streptococcus mutans, and evaluate this activity in vitro compared with chlorohexidine and tetracycline as negative controls, using the turbidity method, Both watery extract of propolis - WEP and ethanolic extract of propolis - EEP - show good inhibitory effect with significant variance compared with chlorohexidine, which also had better effect than tetracycline against Streptococcus mutans. The WEP at (1%) was the best antimicrobial solution in this study. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Propolis; antimicrobial agent; Streptococcus mutans | ||
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