Aim:Young and chronically sick children receive a variety of oral liquid medications on a routine and regular basis. These pharmaceutical preparations are cariogenic and acidogenic in nature. Hence, the present study was taken up to determine the cariogenic potential of the commonly prescribed pediatric liquid medicaments.Materials and Methods:Eight commonly used pediatric liquid medicaments (PLM) were selected and their endogenous pH was measured using a pH electrode meter. The sugar content in them was estimated using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The effect of PLM on Streptococcus mutans was assessed by the ditch plate method.Results:The pH of the liquid medicaments ranged between 6.05 (Salbid®) and 7.71 (Theopid®). Sucrose was observed in 7 PLM and glucose in 5 PLM. The highest concentration of sucrose was seen in Crocin®. The lowest concentration of sucrose was seen with Althrocin®. Both the antibiotic PLMs inhibited the S. mutans growth. Zevit® promoted the growth of S. mutans.Conclusion:The pH and concentration of sugars of pediatric liquid medicaments can pose as a threat to dental health, especially in chronically sick children, who are on long-term medications.
Cow and buffalo ghee samples were prepared from the milk collected from the locations in eastern, western, southern, and northern parts of the country. Ghee prepared so was subjected to triglyceride analysis using gas-liquid chromatography and S-limits were calculated using the equations specified in the ISO method. All the five S-limits, as specified in the standard for cow milk, got deviated on both the lower and upper side of the limits in the case of the cow as well as buffalo ghee samples of all four regions. Buffalo ghee samples were found to have a higher upper S-total (ST) limit ranging from 109.34 to 118.21 in the samples from all four regions, whereas lower value was slightly less (94.06 to 94.59) than the lower range specified in the standard for buffalo ghee samples from eastern, northern and southern region samples. A similar trend was observed in the case of s-limit (S4) specified for the detection of Palm oil and beef tallow. In cow ghee also the S-values showed a trend of deviation from the standard.
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