Open AccessLemongrass - Incorporated Tissue Conditioner Against Candida albicans Culture
Author(s) -
Pokpong Amornvit,
Suwan Choonharuangdej,
Theerathavaj Srithavaj
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/8378.4607
Subject(s) - candida albicans , essential oil , microbiology and biotechnology , corpus albicans , minimum inhibitory concentration , agar , candida tropicalis , agar diffusion test , biology , antifungal , chemistry , food science , antimicrobial , bacteria , antibacterial activity , genetics
Tissue conditioner is applied popularly with dental prosthesis during wound healing process but it becomes a reservoir of oral microbiota, especially Candida species after long-term usage. Several antifungal drugs have been mixed with this material to control fungal level. In this study, lemongrass essential oil was added into COE-COMFORT tissue conditioner before being determined for anti-Candida efficacy.