Open AccessThe antiplaque efficacy of lantibiotic Nisin extract mouthrinse
Author(s) -
Dipika Mitra,
Amitabh Yadav,
Saurabh Prithyani,
Ligi Elsa John,
Silvia Rodrigues,
Rohit Shah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/jisp.jisp_326_18
Subject(s) - lantibiotics , medicine , nisin , microbiology and biotechnology , antimicrobial , biology
This study aimed to determine the antiplaque efficacy of Nisin Z extract mouth rinse (Test) as compared to 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate mouthrinse (Positive control) and distilled water (Placebo) and to assess minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) of Nisin Z against Prevotella intermedia (Pi), Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg), and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) in vitro.