The increasing incidence of drug-resistant pathogens has drawn the attention of the
pharmaceutical and scientific communities towards studies on the potential antimicrobial …

Dental caries is the most prevalent and costly oral infectious disease worldwide. Virulent
biofilms firmly attached to tooth surfaces are prime biological factors associated with this …

Background Streptococcus mutans is known as a key causative agent of dental caries. It
metabolizes dietary carbohydrate to produce acids which reduce the environmental pH …

The present study was focused on evaluating the potential of Emblica officinalis against
cariogenic properties of Streptococcus mutans, a causative microorganism for caries. The …

OBJECTIVE: The antibacterial activity of Casbane Diterpene (CD) was evaluated in vitro
against Streptococcus oralis, S. mutans, S. salivarius, S. sobrinus, S. mitis and S. sanguinis …

The Alpinia purpurata inflorescence contains a lectin (ApuL), which has immunomodulatory
activities on human cells. In the present work, it was evaluated the antibacterial and …

Aims To evaluate the antibiofilm potential of water‐soluble Moringa oleifera seed lectin
(WSMoL) on Serratia marcescens and Bacillus sp. Methods and Results WSMoL inhibited …

Bacterial biofilms are highly organized surface-associated communities of bacteria encased
within an extracellular matrix produced by themselves, capable of growing in connection …

Aim: The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize the active compound from
Trachyspermum ammi seeds, exhibiting antibiofilm activity against Streptococcus mutans, a …

Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in current contemporary medicine and it has
become a major concern of the 21st century. New resistance mechanisms developed by …