Kosei Yamauch Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, Drag reduction, Drug Therapy
Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China
Kosei Yamauch; Institute of Pesticide & Environmental Toxicology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China. Keywords: Adverse Drug Reactions,Drug Action,Drug Delivery,Drug Discovery,Drug interaction,Drug Intoxication,Drug Therapy; Drug Transport and Delivery, Emerging Drugs, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmaceutical Design, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics and Drug Design, Pharmacoepidemiological Studies, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Xiaoyu Wang,Tohru Mitsunaga and Kosei Yamauch
Plant essential oils have been used medicinally in history. The antibacterial screening of selected plant essential oils against Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus sobrinus was evaluated by MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) and MBC (minimum bactericidal concentration) assay. Among them, thujopsis dolabrata (Asunaro) essential oil was selected as a fairly effective sample against P. gingivalis (MIC=1 mg/ml) and S. sobrinus (MIC=1 mg/ml) respectively. Moreover, Callitrisintratropica (Australian blue cypress; cypress) was also screened as a fairly effective sample only against S. sobrinus (MIC=0.5 mg/ml). Furthermore, five effective compounds, (+)-cuparene, (-)-thujopsene, (+)-cuparenol, (-)-guaiol and a novel sesquiterpenoid were isolated by a performance of a series of chrom... view moreĀ»