Background: The purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the effect five different surface treatments on mechanical property and antimicrobial three desiccated glass ionomer cements. Materials Methods: In experimental study, 300 rectangular blocks restorative materials were fabricated using an aluminum mold, Group I (n = 100) Micron bioactive, II GC Fuji IX GP Extra, III bioglass R. These...

aqueous extract and volatile oil were obtained from miliusa tomentosa by using soxhlet extractor and hydro distillation with a clevenger-type apparatus respectively. the extract and volatile oil both were screened for antimicrobial activity against different bacteria (escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, bacillus subtilis, klebsiella pncumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacillus pumilis) and...

The chicken egg resists most environmental microbes suggesting that it potentially contains efficient antimicrobial molecules. Considering that some heparin-binding proteins in mammals are antibacterial, we investigated the presence and the antimicrobial activity of heparin-binding proteins from chicken egg white. Mass spectrometry analysis of the proteins recovered after heparin-affinity chrom...

We used a simple electrospinning technique to fabricate a highly potent silver-organoalkoxysilane antimicrobial composite from AgNO3-polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS)/tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) solution. Spectroscopic and microscopic analyses of the composite showed that the fibers contain an organoalkoxysilane 'skeleton,' 0.18 molecules/nm2 surface amino groups, an...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial activities of calcium ions and other cross-linking agents of alginate dressings, as well as their compatibility with commonly used topical antimicrobials. METHODS The antimicrobial activities of cross-linking agents and antimicrobials (five antibiotics and four antiseptics) were evaluated by the broth dilution method. The i...

The aim of the present research was examination potential activity various organic solvent extracts Punica granatum on important microbiota harbouring in oral cavity. dried peels and seeds P. were extracted using chloroform, methanol nbutanol their studied. inhibitory effect crude observed microbial plates which incubated with different bacterial species terms zone inhibition as mm diameter. da...

Nanostructured materials (NSMs) have increasingly been used as a substitute for antibiotics and additives in various products to impart microbicidal effect. In particular, use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has garnered huge researchers' attention as potent bactericidal agent due to the inherent antimicrobial property of the silver metal. Moreover, other nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, fuller...

The husk fibres of Areca catechu (areca nut) are reported to be used by the people of rural areas of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka for cleaning their teeth. The beneficial effects of these plant materials are not scientifically proven, so the study was carried out to estimate the antimicrobial properties of A.catechu against common oral pathogens. These antimicrobial properties in addition to mec...