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R F Müller

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PubMed1989

[Efficacy of a PVP-iodine compound on selected pathogens of the oral cavity in vitro].

The study was designed to test the efficacy of a PVP-iodine antiseptic agent on potentially pathogenic oral bacteria. A 0.5% concentration of the test compound was sufficient to inhibit the growth of 7 out of 8 tested strains. Only bacteroides gingivalis continued to grow during exposure to a 0.5 and 1% concentration of the test compound. Quantitative suspension experiments demonstrated that the onset of action occurred within five minutes. Quantitative suspension experiments with protein loading resulted in a lower efficacy of the tested agent. Results indicate that the tested compound may be recommended as an oral disinfectant.

Bacteria↗
PubMed1989

[Reduction of A. actinomycetemcomitans in the subgingival microflora of adult advanced periodontitis].

In 15 adult patients with severely advanced periodontal disease unrelated to localized juvenile periodontitis high numbers of A. actinomycetemcomitans (A. a.) were identified in samples of subgingival plaque (median log CFU 5.13). In order to correlate clinical conditions with bacteriological findings, in every patient 2 deep periodontal pockets were treated with a 3-phase regimen of minocycline administration, mechanical, and surgical periodontal therapy. A. a. was eliminated by minocycline alone in 2 cases. Minocycline in combination with subgingival scaling resulted in 6 patients in A. a. negative samples. Following termination of minocycline therapy, frequently increasing numbers of A. a. were observed. Patients showed significant gain in clinical attachment or reduction of probing pocket depth during different phases of therapy, but only if A. a. was suppressed close to or below the lower limit of detection (5 CFU/ml). Considerable problems with elimination of A.a. may be connected with frequently observed recurrent periodontal disease in these patients.

Actinobacillus↗
PubMed1987

The binding of fluorescent 4,6,8(14)-triene-3-one steroids to cyclodextrins as a model for steroid-protein interactions.

The 4,6,8(14)-triene-3-one steroids, highly fluorescent in aqueous solutions, lose their fluorescence power when binding occurs to hydrophobic regions of other molecules, such as the hydrophobic cavity in the ring system of cyclodextrins. The fluorescence intensity decreases almost completely when beta- and gamma-cyclodextrins are present in the solution. Scatchard plots derived from fluorescence titrations show that one or two molecules of steroid bind to one cyclodextrin molecule with KD,F-values of about 10(-4)-10(-5) mol/liter. Temperature-jump experiments show a single relaxation process, with rate constants for the decay of the beta-cyclodextrin-steroid complexes of about 10(4)-10(5) per s. For alpha- and gamma-cyclodextrins such relaxation processes are not observed.

17-alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone↗