The discovery of antibiotics has been heralded as one of the triumphs of modern medicine. The various cellular pathways that antibiotics inhibit, which include the synthesis of the cell wall and ...

IT has been long observed that hypochlorite liquor, freshly prepared by electrolysis of brine using carbon electrodes, possesses characteristic oxidizing properties distinct from chlorine water or ...

In this study, we showed that 310 nm UV-LED irradiation had weak bactericidal effects on oral bacteria but showed low toxicity to gingival epithelial cells. It also induced the production of ROS ...

[12,15–17] UVB light has the same effects to DNA, [12,15] however, there have been few studies on the bactericidal effect of UVB light, especially the effect on oral bacteria. We hypothesized ...

These copper oxide nanoparticles exhibit bactericidal properties ... obtaining nanoparticles from plants, bacteria, or fungi.