Open AccessAnticariogenic Activity of Black Tea - An Invivo Study
Author(s) -
Vishal Arya,
Lavina Taneja,
Ankit Srivastava,
Swati Nandlal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16276.7489
Subject(s) - black tea , amylase , maltose , decoction , ingestion , chemistry , alpha amylase , food science , sucrose , buccal administration , positive control , saliva , dentistry , traditional medicine , medicine , enzyme , biochemistry
Teas is known for its anticariogenic properties and various mechanisms have been invoked to explain this effect. One such proposed mechanism is inhibition of salivary alpha amylase activity by endogenous tannins present in tea.