Abstract
We have previously shown that the natural sweetener glycyrrhizin (glyc) inhibits in vitro adherence of Streptococcus mutans in the presence of sucrose. In order to further examine the mechanism of adherence inhibition, extracellular glucosyltransferase of S. mutans was obtained, and its ability to produce glucans from sucrose in the presence of glyc was tested. These results indicate that glyc inhibits bacterial adherence by affecting the activity of glucosyltransferase.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 125-128 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Oral Microbiology and Immunology |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1987 |
Keywords
- Streptococcus mutans
- glucosyltransferase