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ArticleDental research journal2023

Effect of hydroalcoholic extract of whole pomegranate fruit on cariogenic bacteria and its clinical effect on dental plaque formation in 8-10-year-old children.

Mandana Alamdari Mahd, Parisa Aref, Fatemeh Emadi, Farnaz Javadi, Mohammad Javad Kharazi Fard, Sara Tavassoli-Hojjati

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Article in Dental research journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The effect of fruit extracts containing phenolic compounds on the survivability of Streptococcus mutans: an in vitro study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mandana Alamdari MahdDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Parisa ArefDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh EmadiTraditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Farnaz JavadiGraduated Dentist, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Javad Kharazi FardDental Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sara Tavassoli-HojjatiDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran · IRShahed University · IRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study aimed to assess the effect of hydroalcoholic extract of the whole pomegranate fruit on Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in two phases of Results: The hydroalcoholic extract of pomegranate showed a positive antibacterial effect on Conclusion: The whole pomegranate fruit hydroalcoholic extract showed significant inhibitory effects on

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Dental plaquelactobacillusplant extractspomegranateStreptococcus mutans

Identifiers

PMID38169678
PMCPMC10758384
OpenAlexW4390595416

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