Xylitol Binding in Human Dental Plaque
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research
- Vol. 55 (5) , 900-904
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345760550053101
Abstract
Human dental plaque and whole saliva sediment were tested for their ability to bind 14C-labeled sucrose, fructose, glucose, sorbitol, and xylitol. Sucrose, glucose, sorbitol, and fructose were bound to all materials tested, in this decreasing order. The binding was strongest with plaque given a five-second ultrasonic shock, and lowest with salivary sediment. Xylitol was only insignificantly bound, indicating that plaque microorganisms possess specific recognition sites for xylitol to a very restricted extent.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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