%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of a Commercial Extract of Green Tea and a Pure Catechin on Two <i>Veillonella</i><i> </i><i>strains</i>
%A Jorge A. Y&#225
%A &#241
%A ez-Santos
%A Vianey Lino-Aguilar
%A Elsa I. Casta&#241
%A eda-Roldan
%A Jorge Giron
%A Lilia Cedillo
%J Advances in Microbiology
%P 340-350
%@ 2165-3410
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aim.2024.146025
%X <b>Abstract:</b><b> </b>The catechin Epigallocatechin-3-O-Gallate (EGCG) which is found in of Green Tea extracts (GTE), displays a variety of microbicidal properties. It is largely believed that EGCG inhibits the growth of cariogenic and periodontopathic bacteria. <b>Objective:</b> In this paper we compared the inhibitory activity of EGCG and a commercial GTE on the growth of <i>Veillonella</i><i> </i><i>parv</i><i>u</i><i>la.</i> Chlorhexidine was used as positive control. <b>Methodology:</b> <i>V. parvul</i><i>a</i> ATCC 10790 and a clinical isolate obtained from a periodontal disease patient were cultured in the presence of EGCG or a commercial GTE, and the measurements of bacterial growth inhibition were compared to the values obtained with 0.12 and 0.2% chlorhexidine. <b>Results:</b> Chlorhexidine inhibited bacterial growth, however in contrast to a previous report, neither EGCG nor the GTE showed any effect on bacterial growth. <b>Conclusions:</b> The data show and confirm that chlorhexidine is a growth inhibitor of <i>V. parvula</i> while EGCG and GTE do not display such effect.
%K Veillonella Parvulla
%K Chlorhexidine
%K Green Tea
%K Catechin
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=133856