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Screening and Scoring of Antimicrobial and Biological Activities of Italian Vulnerary Plants against Major Oral Pathogenic Bacteria
Joint Authors
Roberto, Lia
Palumbo, Giuseppe
Catania, Maria Rosaria
De Natale, Antonino
Pinto, Gabriele
Roscetto, Emanuela
Ferrazzano, Gianmaria F.
Pollio, Antonino
Ingenito, Aniello
Chiaviello, Angela
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study aims to evaluate the activity of Italian vulnerary plants against the most important oral pathogenic bacteria.
This estimate was accomplished through a fivefold process: (a) a review of ethnobotanical and microbiological data concerning the Italian vulnerary plants; (b) the development of a scoring system to rank the plants; (c) the comparative assessment of microbiological properties; (d) the assessment of potential cytotoxic effects on keratinocyte-like cells and gingival fibroblasts in culture by XTT cell viability assay; (e) clinical evaluation of the most suitable plant extract as antibacterial agent in a home-made mouthwash.
The study assays hexane (H), ethanol (E), and water (W) extracts from 72 plants.
The agar diffusion method was used to evaluate the activity against Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus, Lactobacillus casei, and Actinomyces viscosus.
Twenty-two plants showed appreciable activity.
The extracts showing the strongest antibacterial power were those from Cotinus coggygria Scop., Equisetum hyemale L., Helichrysum litoreum Guss, Juniperus communis L., and Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman subsp.
scolopendrium.
The potential cytotoxic effect of these extracts was assessed.
On the basis of these observations, a mouth-rinse containing the ethanolic extract of H.
litoreum has been tested in vivo, resulting in reduction of the salivary concentration of S.
mutans.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ferrazzano, Gianmaria F.& Roberto, Lia& Catania, Maria Rosaria& Chiaviello, Angela& De Natale, Antonino& Roscetto, Emanuela…[et al.]. 2013. Screening and Scoring of Antimicrobial and Biological Activities of Italian Vulnerary Plants against Major Oral Pathogenic Bacteria. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462898
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ferrazzano, Gianmaria F.…[et al.]. Screening and Scoring of Antimicrobial and Biological Activities of Italian Vulnerary Plants against Major Oral Pathogenic Bacteria. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462898
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ferrazzano, Gianmaria F.& Roberto, Lia& Catania, Maria Rosaria& Chiaviello, Angela& De Natale, Antonino& Roscetto, Emanuela…[et al.]. Screening and Scoring of Antimicrobial and Biological Activities of Italian Vulnerary Plants against Major Oral Pathogenic Bacteria. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-462898
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-462898