Antimicrobial activity of red wine and oenological extracts against periodontal pathogens in a validated oral biofilm model.

María Carmen SánchezHonorato Ribeiro-VidalAdelaida Esteban-FernándezBegoña BartoloméElena FigueroMaría V Moreno-ArribasMariano SanzDavid Herrera

Published in: BMC complementary and alternative medicine (2019)

Although moderate, the antimicrobial impact observed in the total bacterial counts and counts of A. actinomycetemcomitans, P. gingivalis and F. nucleatum, encourage further investigations on the potential use of these natural products in the prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases.

Keyphrases

staphylococcus aureus
peripheral blood
pseudomonas aeruginosa
high intensity
biofilm formation
combination therapy
cystic fibrosis