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ArticleAfrican health sciences2021

Anti-bacterial activity of

Hadijja Namwase, Florence Najjuka, Godfrey Bbosa

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Article in African health sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Hadijja NamwaseDepartment of Pharmacology, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
Florence NajjukaDepartment of Microbiology, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
Godfrey BbosaDepartment of Pharmacology, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Dental caries remains a global oral health challenge with the prevalence reported as high as 66.7% in adults. Despite the use of modern medicines, the prevalence of dental caries remains high. This has led to extensive screening of natural products particularly from plants such as Aim: To assess the anti-bacterial activity of Methods: Plant materials of Results: The aqueous plant extract of Conclusion: Both

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CorchorusDental CariesAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStreptococcus mutansAnti-Bacterial AgentsAcmella caulirhiza Del.Antibacterial activityCorchorus olitorius L.Dental cariesMinimum inhibitory concentrationPlant extractsStreptococcus mutans

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PMID35283978
PMCPMC8889831

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