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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 161-164Publisher
MICROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETY KOREA
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-1002-8
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antimicrobial effect; propolis; mutans streptococci; Koreans
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- Ministry for Health, Welfare & Family Affairs, Republic of Korea [A091074]
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The aim of this study was to determine the optimal concentration of Korean propolis against clinical isolates of mutans streptococci (MS) from Koreans. The antimicrobial activity was evaluated using the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and time-kill curves against mutans streptococci. The MIC90 values of propolis for MS were 35 mu g/ml. Propolis had a bacteriostatic effect on Streptococcus matins ATCC 251751 and bactericidal effects on Streptococcus sobrinus ATCC 33478(T) at > 2xMIC (70 mu g/ml). These results suggest that the propolis can be used in the development of oral hygiene products for the prevention of dental caries.
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