Growth inhibition of Streptococcus from the oral cavity by α-amyrin esters

  • Molecules. 2012 Oct 25;17(11):12603-11. doi: 10.3390/molecules171112603.
Gloria Díaz-Ruiz  1 ,  Liliana Hernández-Vázquez ,  Héctor Luna ,  María del Carmen Wacher-Rodarte ,  Arturo Navarro-Ocaña
Affiliations
  • 1. Departamento de Alimentos y Biotecnología, Facultad de Química, UNAM, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria 04510, Mexico.
PMID: 23099616 DOI: 10.3390/molecules171112603
Abstract

Five Terpenoids were tested by the macrodilution broth method to determine their inhibition activity on cariogenic Bacterial growth. In general, α-, β-amyrin and α-amyrin phenylacetate proved to be active, reducing the Bacterial viability to less than 20%.

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