Inhibitory effect of jengkol leaf (Pithecellobium jiringa) extract to inhibit Candida albicans biofilm

• Main Authors: Muhammad Luthfi, NIDN. 0006036704, Ira Arundina, NIDN. 0028107102, Nizamiar Hamni
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; Indonesian; English
• Published: Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine; RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/69116/1/Jurnal%204.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/69116/2/per%20Lutfi%204.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/69116/12/9.%20Inhibitory%20effect%20of%20jengkol%20leaf%20%28Pithecellobium%20jiringa%29%20extract%20to%20inhibit%20Candida%20albicans%20biofilm.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/69116/; https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/index.php/MKG/article/view/3210; http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/j.djmkg.v49.i3.p148-152
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background: Candida albicans (C. albicans) are dimorphic fungi in oral cavity, considered not only as normal flora, but also as pathogens. C. albicans have an ability to grow biofilm, which has a thick layer of outer skin structure, called as extracellular matrix. Jengkol leaves (Pithecellobium jiri...