Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
Volume 18, Issue 6, Pages 553-557Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(01)00434-4
Keywords
chitooligosaccharide; Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Streptococcus mutans; antibacterial activity
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity of a chitooligosaccharide mixture (MW 2000-30000 Da) with a deacetylation degree of 91.5% against two representative oral pathogens, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Streptococcus mutans. A 0.1% concentration of the chitooligosaccharides (derived from the exoskeletons of marine crustaceans) was used to estimate antibacterial activity. Approximately 2 log colony forming units (CFU)/ml of A. actinomycetemcomitans were inactivated by 0.1% chitosan after 30 min, while 120 min exposure inactivated about 4.5 log CFU/ml of this organism. In contrast, the level of inactivation against S. mutans was less than 0.5 log CFU/ml after an exposure of up to 120 min. Electron microscopy showed that the exposure of A. actinomycetemcomitans to the chitooligosaccharides resulted in the disruption of cell membranes and that it could be considered for the treatment of periodontal diseases associated with A. actinomycetemcomitans. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. and International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
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