Table of Contents
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT
1. PLANTS SECONDARY METABOLITES AND THE DISCOVERY OF NEW ANTICARIOGENIC COMPOUNDS
2. TERPENOIDS
3. CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF DITERPENES
4. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF DITERPENES AGAINST CARIOGENIC GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA
5. ANTICARIOGENIC ACTIVITY OF DITERPENES FROM BRAZILIAN PLANTS
6. MECHANISTIC CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF DITERPENES
7. KINETIC AND SYNERGISTIC ASPECTS OF THE ANTICARIOGENIC ACTIVITY OF SOME ACID DITERPENES
8. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
10. REFERENCES
INDEX