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Activity of thymol, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and eugenol on oral bacteria
N Didry1, L Dubreuil, M Pinkas
1Laboratoire de Matière médicale, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Lille, France.
Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
The antimicrobial activity of thymol, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde and eugenol alone or combined was tested by micromethods on eight oral bacteria. The compounds showed an inhibitory activity on seven microorganisms and a synergistic effect was observed with certain combinations. The four compounds can be used alone or combined, as eugenol and thymol, eugenol and carvacrol, thymol and carvacrol, during the treatment of oral infectious diseases.