Inhibition of biofilm formation and virulence factors of cariogenic oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans by natural flavonoid phloretin

ABSTRACTObjectives To bee by bonnie and neil evaluate the effect and mechanism of action of the flavonoid phloretin on the growth and sucrose-dependent biofilm formation of Streptococcus mutans.Methods Minimum inhibitory concentration, viability, and biofilm susceptibility assays were conducted to assess antimicrobial and antibiofilm effect of phlo

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Evaluating yield and land equivalent ratio in mixcropping of balangu (Lallemantia royleana Benth.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) affected by weed competition

Introduction Intercropping is considered to be important for a lot of reasons like optimizing water and soil resource uses, increasing water use efficiency, increasing pest, diseases and weed control efficiency, decrease pesticide application, increasing total production and land equivalent ratio and sustainability in agroecosystems.Production of m

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Quality of life and asthma control in pregnant women with asthma

Abstract Background Asthma is the most commonly occurring respiratory illness during pregnancy.Associations with complications of pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcome have been established.However, little is known about quality of life (QoL) in pregnant women with asthma and how it relates to asthma control particularly for Iran.Objective To det

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