Antimicrobial Activity of Piper marginatum Jacq and Ilex guayusa Loes on Microorganisms Associated with Periodontal Disease

Background. Chronic periodontitis is a multifactorial infectious disease, where multiple bacteria, such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, and Fusobacterium nucleatum are implicated. The main purpose of researching natural products is to find substances or compounds with antimicrobi...

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Main Authors: Fredy Gamboa, Camila-Cristina Muñoz, Gloria Numpaque, Luis Gonzalo Sequeda-Castañeda, Sandra Janeth Gutierrez, Nohemi Tellez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4147383