January 2021

Analysis of the antimicrobial action of copaiba oil and endodontic substances against anaerobic bacteria

Endodontic infections are polymicrobial and predominantly caused by anaerobic bacteria and some facultative bacteria. The list of microorganisms involved in endodontic infections keeps expanding and has the potential to become increasingly more accurate during the next few years. Copaiba oil is an important Amazonian herbal medicine commercialized worldwide.  In this study, we evaluated the antimicrobial activity...

Author(s): Amaro de Mendonça Cavalcante, Joanna Rodrigues da Silva, Lisiane Cristina Lopes Oliveira, Marcos Aurelio Bonfim da Silva, Karlos Antônio Lisboa Ribeiro Junior, and Antônio Euzébio Goulart de Santana,