Experiment 622364
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Eucalyptus globulus (MYRTACEAE) |
| Citation | SATO,SI: YOSHINUMA,N: ITO,K: TOKUMOTO,T: TAKIGUCHI,T: SUZUKI,Y: MURAI,S:. (1998). THE INHIBITORY EFFECT OF FURNORAN AND EUCALYPTUS EXTRACT-CONTAIING CHEWING GUN ON PLAQUE FORMATION.. 40(3) |
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| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A DOUBLE-BLIND, CROSSOVER TRIAL. FIFTEEN DENTISTS OR DENTAL STUDENTS WER ASSINGED A RANDOM ORDER OF USE OF EITHER FG, EG OR A CONTROL GUM. ALL SUBJECTS RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL TOOTH CLEANINGS BEFORE THE EXPERIMENT. DURING THE FOUR-DAY TEST PERIODS , NO ORAL HYGIENE MEASURES WERE ALLOWED OTHER THAN CHEWING THREE PIECES OF GUM FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MIN DAILY. CHEWING GUM WAS USED FOLLOWING EACH MORNING, NOON AND EVENING MEAL. PLAQUE FORMATION AS EVALUATED BY THE QUIGLEY AND HEIN INDEX. THE FG (1.83 +1.1) AND EG (1.97 + 1.1) SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED PLAQUED COMPARED TO THE CONTROL GUM (2.57 + 1.2). OUR RESULTS SUGGEST THAT FG AND EG MAY BE USEFUL IN INHIBITING DENTAL PLAQUE FORMATION. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ESSENTIAL OIL |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |