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Black and green tea antimicrobial effect on Mutans streptococci and Lactobacilli
Minan Y. Al-Ezzi,Abbas S. Al-Mizrakchi,Athraa M. Al-Waheb,Aylin Baysan,Noha Seoudi,Anwar R. Tappuni +5 more
- Vol. 5, Iss: 1
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Influence of black tea on Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus levels in saliva in a Saudi cohort.
TL;DR: It can be deduced that black tea exhibits an insignificant antimicrobial effect against Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus bacteria.
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A biochemical study of streptococci, with special emphasis on the determination of their chemical composition ... by Frances Krasnow ...
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Anti-microbial activity of Green Tea Extracts and Nicotine on the Growth, Biofilm Formation of Salivary Mutans Streptococci (In-vitro study)
TL;DR: In this paper , an in vitro study was carried out to investigate the ability of green tea extract and nicotine to inhibit growth, biofilm formation by salivary Mutans streptococci.
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The effect of nonnutritive sweeteners on the antifungal activity of black and green tea aqueous extracts against salivary Candida albicans an (in-vitro study)
TL;DR: Adding 1% of stevia and sucralose to the black and green tea aqueous extracts did not affect the antifungal activity against salivary C. albicans, and a nonnutritive sweetener was added to tea extracts to suppress their bitter taste.
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