Antimicrobial Activity Of Anacardium occidentale On Some Microorganisms Associated With Dental Diseases.

[摘要] Dental disease has become a major problem in all over the world, and current antibiotics has almostbecome ineffective for its treatment. Hence there is a need to find alternative ways of treatment for dentaldisease. Anacardium occidentale L. having family Anacarddiaceae is frequently used to treat infections.Anacardium occidentale is a medium size tree spreading evergreen, much branched, costal sandy areas. Thereis different information on the pharmacological activitie of Anacardium occidentale (cashew tree) byproductsin various dental disease such as periodontal disease, dental plaque, dental biofilm bacteria etc. The objectiveof this review is the current knowledge on the phytochemestry and pharmacology of Anacardium occidentaleis updated with some description of their uses in dental diseases.

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Anacardium occidentale;dental disease;periodontal disease;dental plaque;dental biofilm bacteria etc.