Abstract:Lontar or Borassus flabelifer is a local plant that mostly found in Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia. The juice of the ripe mesocarp has been used traditionally for treatment minor oral ulcer. Microorganism is one of the factors that cause the recurrence of oral ulcer. This study was aimed to investigate the antimicrobial potency of the B. flabelifer fresh and dried mesocarp extract. The antimicrobial extract was tested in vitro by using the agar well diffusion method against four bacteria, Bacillus subtili… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.