Cargando…

Xylitol and erythritol inhibit real-time biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans

BACKGROUND: Regular consumption of xylitol decreases the number of cariogenic streptococci in dental plaque. In vitro biofilm models to study the mechanism of xylitol action have been set-up, but the obtained results are contradictory. Biofilm growth is a dynamic process with time-specific character...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Loimaranta, Vuokko, Mazurel, Danuta, Deng, Dongmei, Söderling, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7325245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32600259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-01867-8