Periodontal status among adult cigarette smokers using Miswak (Salvadora persica) for oral hygiene: A crosssectional study from Asir Region of Saudi Arabia
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Purification and characterization of α-Amylase from Miswak Salvadora persica
BACKGROUND The miswak (Salvadora persica) is a natural toothbrush. It is well known that very little information has been reported on enzymes in miswak as medicinal plant. Recently, we study peroxidase in miswak. In the present study, the main goal of this work is to purify and characterize α-amylase from miswak. The second goal is to study the storage stability of α-amylase in toothpaste. ME...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1596-9827,1596-5996
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v19i10.26