Antibacterial and anti-adherence effects of a plant extract mixture (PEM) and its individual constituent extracts (Psidium sp., Mangifera sp., and Mentha sp.) on single- and dual-species biofilms

Shafiei Z 1 , Haji Abdul Rahim Z 2 , Philip K 3 , Thurairajah N 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Clinical Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
  • 3 Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
  • 4 Centre for Pre-U Studies, UCSI University , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
PeerJ, 2016;4:e2519.
PMID: 27761322

Abstract

Plant extracts mixture (PEM) and its individual constituent plant extracts(Psidium sp., Mangifera sp., Mentha sp.) are known to have an anti-adhering effect towards oral bacteria in the single-species biofilm. To date, the adhering ability of the early and late plaque colonisers (Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus mutans) to PEM-treated experimental pellicle have not been investigated in dual-species biofilms.

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