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Horst Tschaikner has been named head of Vienna's new anti-truancy office.
The secondary modern teacher was asked to work on concepts to lower the number of cases of truancy in the Austrian capital, Viennese education issues chief Susanne Brandsteidl said yesterday (Thurs). Brandsteidl claimed that some students were "coming and going like in a cafe". She praised Tschaikner as a down to earth teacher and stressed that the city's new anti-truancy ambassador was not "some snobby politician with an official car".
Tschaikner explained yesterday he planned to create a guide for headmasters, teachers and parents to help them in finding the root for kids' misbehaviour. The Hauptschule academic added that intense analytical efforts would be made to determine the major causes of truancy which is rampant at some schools and many districts of the city.
"Skipping lessons is not a trivial offence," Brandsteidl said. She warned the government from introducing higher penalties for such offences. Brandsteidl claimed that harsher fines would not solve any of the numerous problems of misbehaving children and their families. Viennese teachers informed their superiors about 500 serious offences of educational laws by pupils in 2005. More than 1,100 grave cases of misbehaviour like repetitive truancy occurred between January and September 2011, according to figures provided by Viennese education authorities.
Brandsteidl's appeal to abstain from jacking up fines for truancy comes shortly after the federal integration secretary claimed such steps were unavoidable. Sebastian Kurz of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) said it had to be avoided that so many youngsters were causing serious harm to their future prospects by staying away from classes on a regular basis.
Kurz suggested to raise the maximum fine from 220 to around 1,500 Euros. He said German education institutions were succeeding in their combat against widespread truancy thanks to high penalties. The state secretary underlined that tougher fines could only be one of many aspects of a possible reform of the current anti-truancy measures.
Social Democratic (SPÖ) Labour and Social Affairs Minister Rudolf Hundstorfer dismissed the state secretary's appeal to increase the maximum fine to 1,500 Euros. Hundstorfer said he could imagine backing plans to raise the sum from the current 220 Euros to twice this amount.
The labour minister said the government coalition should focus on prevention and awareness programmes. He called for support to increase the budget of Austria's various youth coaching and traineeships programmes to lower the number of Austrian NEETs. The term describes people aged between 16 and 24 who are neither in education, employment or traineeship. There are around 75,000 NEETs in Austria – which has an overall unemployment rate of 4.1 per cent – at the moment.
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Every time you sleep, you enter into a series of sleep cycles that last for around 90 minutes, but even if you seem to get plenty of hours of sleep, waking up during one of the cycles can make you feel groggy and exhausted. SleepyTime for Android allows you to try and work around this issue.
The app supports calculating when to wake up, when to go to sleep, and when to wake up if you sleep now. You can then set up an alarm to wake up at the right time. The app is perfect for those with a tight schedule, students, and pretty much anyone who wants to stay in top shape! Skeptical? Try it!
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When Should You Be Waking Up?
===What this app does===
-Calculates when to wake up and when to sleep to feel great
-Calculate when to wake up if you sleep now
-Get a list of possible times
-Add an alarm by clicking on a time
-Option to take into account the time it takes for you to fall asleep
-Option to use the 24 hours format or the AM/PM format
-Widgets on homescreen and lockscreen (Jellybean 4.2 +)
>Plus users get an enhanced widget.
-(Plus Only) No Ads
===What this app does not===
-It's not an alarm app by itself, it only adds it to your android alarm clock app
-Cook for you
-Do your homework
Inspired by sleepyti.me (by David Shaw).
Spanish translation thanks to Carlos Vázquez
Ukrainian/Russian translation thanks to Vlad
Catalan translation by Ariadna
Italian translation by Zokru
German translation by Ilian
Portugese translation by Antonio Pereira
Japanese translations by Yudai Kai (甲斐 雄大)
French Translation thanks to Vincent Airiau
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Allows you to quickly set alarms based on when you want to wake up.
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Doomtree - .38 Airweight
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Students will be going back to school in less than two months and health department officials in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, and McIntosh counties are encouraging parents to be proactive about getting required immunizations for children.
Three students will represent Effingham County this summer in the prestigious Governor's Honors Program.
Effingham County pre-kindergarten teachers will return to a 190-day calendar for the 2014-15 school year.
Effingham County FFA member Julia Gonzalez has been awarded a $1,000 Tractor Supply-Growing Scholars scholarship from the National FFA Organization.
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Sydney Rushing received the Eddy E. Rogers Scholarship from GeoVista Credit Union.
Armstrong Atlantic State University recently announced president's list honorees, each of whom earned a 4.0 grade point average for two consecutive semesters during the 2013-14 academic school year.
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Effingham County school officials hope students will be attending a new Rincon Elementary School in August 2017.
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I think under common law in the US each contributor would be considered a partner in a defacto partnership and they would have to split things evenly regardless how much work each person does. Each would be on the hook I think for taxes too as a partners in a defacto partnership are jointly liable. Partners also implied duties to each other regards to the business/partnership.
So it could be messy as indicated above.
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M2M has won the £5 million media planning and buying business for the bagged salad brand Florette after a pitch.
Florette...account was previously handled by The Media Shop
The review was prompted by Florette's incumbent agency, The Media Shop, going into administration.
M2M beat the7stars, Total Media and a new agency called TMS12, which was established by the former partners of The Media Shop.
The pitch, which was handled by AAR, began in September, when seven agencies were chosen for chemistry meetings with the client.
M2M will work with the creative shop Now to help grow market share and penetration for Florette. The brand faces competition from supermarkets' own-label salad bags.
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Sandy Sewell, the commercial director at Florette, said: "We really appreciated the M2M approach both strategically and creatively, which demonstrated real passion for the Florette brand."
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2008 marked the beginning of the deepest and longest recession of modern times. While its causes are to be found in centres of economic and political gravity beyond Wales, its effects on the Welsh economy and on the lives of the people of Wales have been profound and far reaching.
This seminar series aims to examine the impact of the recession on social and economic life in Wales; and to take stock of the policy responses in Wales in the context of a Westminster government committed to austerity measures.
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May 24, 2011
Memorial Day Weekend means that filmmakers, athletes, and artists congregate in Telluride for the Mountainfilm festival. These are the movies, skiing-related and otherwise, that you should be the most excited to see.
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Crested Butte, Taos, and Wolf Creek keep business in the family. With bosses who rip and employees who share the stoke, these family-run resorts might be exactly what skiers want—and need—now.
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Snow in Tahoe fell for over a week straight— Squaw Valley broke its all-time snowfall total by reaching over 690 inches. Kirkwood had to dig out some of their lifts. Sierra-at-Tahoe had bottomless powder, everywhere. Then, the sun came out. Here's what the biggest storm in decades looked like.
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Don't throw the boards into storage just yet. March, April, and even May (if you ski at Mt. Bachelor) are the best months to get great deals on lodging, lift tickets, and equipment, all while curating a gnarly goggle tan. Sun, brews, music, and costumes are what make spring skiing the next best alternative to an epic powder day. Here's where to close out yet another great season of shredding.


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Investors are anticipating a historic shift in Japan's monetary policy—a shift they expect to finally shake Japanese stocks out of a 20-year slumber. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had signaled his intent for aggressive monetary stimulus even prior to his election in December. Since then, the yen has slumped and the Nikkei Stock Average has surged, topped off by a 9.5% rise in 2013, the biggest rise among all major developed stock markets.
Little wonder, then, that an eight-week flood of $3.1 billion in new cash has moved into the relatively small niche of exchange-traded funds tied to Japan's stock market. "The ETF money is trying to find the central bank that's going to ease the most aggressively," says Dave Lutz, head of ETF trading at brokerage Stifel Nicolaus. "Right now, that's Japan." The trend is pronounced enough that one of the Japan funds is the No. 2 asset gatherer in the entire U.S. ETF market this year, trailing only a popular emerging-markets fund.
If you're among the Japan optimists, be aware that currency issues are just as important as your stock-market forecast. As Japanese stocks have risen and the yen fallen, currency-hedged funds have kept better pace, which helps explain investors' preference lately for a hedged fund over an unhedged one. The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity DXJ 0.5255527364987315% WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund U.S.: NYSE Arca 55.47 0.29 0.5255527364987315% /Date(1417194604621-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 816139 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 3.9395273317697996% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » fund (ticker: DXJ), the biggest asset gatherer, has risen 9.6% for the year through Jan. 31, well ahead of the unhedged iShares MSCI Japan Index EWJ -0.17152658662092624% iShares MSCI Japan ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 11.64 -0.02 -0.17152658662092624% /Date(1417194622904-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1841751 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.4164534134821811% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » fund (EWJ), up just 3.6%. That's due much less to stock selection than to currency impact. The yen-neutral DB X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity DBJP 0.341796875% Deutsche X-trackers MSCI Japan Hedged Equity ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 41.1 0.14 0.341796875% /Date(1417193903126-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12431 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.290997566909976% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (DBJP) tracks the same index as the iShares but gained 8.8%.
Watch for the difference between hedged and unhedged funds to shrink in the event that the yen stabilizes, or even reverse if the yen manages to move higher.
AS IF KEEPING TRACK OF currency issues wasn't complicated enough, it's worth noting that the WisdomTree fund is heavy with export-oriented companies' stocks such as Honda Motor hmc -2.098805295447207% Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADS U.S.: NYSE USD30.32 -0.65 -2.098805295447207% /Date(1417194645544-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1218544 P/E Ratio 9.061304971319311 Market Cap 54005366164.8447 Dividend Yield 2.582129904385097% Rev. per Employee 593976 More quote details and news » (HMC). Since those stocks are natural allies of a weak yen—a stronger dollar means Japanese exports are cheaper—they can be expected to drive the WisdomTree fund higher than the DB X-trackers when the currency is weak. The same factor could cause it to trail when the yen strengthens.
A bigger question for buy-and-hold investors is whether it even makes sense to take this single-country plunge at all, after a 2013 gain of 10% or so already. If you fear you've missed the run-up, buying a broad international stock fund with a healthy slug of Japan is an attractive middle ground. Two ways to carry out this idea with ETFs: iShares Core MSCI EAFE IEFA -0.6326949384404925% iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 58.11 -0.37 -0.6326949384404925% /Date(1417194375512-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 59392 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 4.02566557602893% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (IEFA), which bears a 21% Japan weighting, a cheap 0.14% expense ratio, and more small-company stocks than the standard EAFE index. Or there's the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US VEU -0.9153087909877289% Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 49.255 -0.455 -0.9153087909877289% /Date(1417194643714-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 234927 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.1779764323445754% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (VEU), charging a similar 0.18%, with 13% invested in Japan.
That "middle ground" idea looks more enticing in light of some recent Leuthold Group research. The firm notes that investors who buy last year's second-best performer among seven widely held assets—real estate investment trusts, the Standard & Poor's 500, the Russell 2000, gold, Treasury bonds, the GSCI commodity index, and the EAFE international-stock index—have enjoyed an annualized 15.6% return since 1973. The theory is that the No. 2 asset tends to have more room to run than the top performer. This year's pick is the EAFE global stock index, with its 20% Japan weighting.
Optimists were given a new number last week—$9 trillion (or close to it), the amount Japanese households are thought to have saved over the past two decades. If even a fraction of that goes into Japan's stock market, investors will benefit. But if too much optimism makes you nervous, there are still funds built to exclude Japan. iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan epp -1.4978902953586497% iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 46.69 -0.71 -1.4978902953586497% /Date(1417194483629-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 148001 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 3.3095965665236053% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (EPP), a developed-market fund that is the most widely owned "ex-Japan" Asian stock ETF, gained 5.1% in January, just a hair behind the MSCI EAFE's 5.2%. Shareholders aren't yet regretting the absence of Japan.
THE CRAZE FOR LOW-VOLATILITY INVESTING—or investing in new funds to capitalize on it—continues. Four new ETFs launched this month on the theme. First came the PowerShares S&P 400 Low Volatility XMLV 0.7469114534626176% PowerShares S&P MidCap Low Volatility Portfolio U.S.: NYSE Arca 32.75 0.2428 0.7469114534626176% /Date(1417191791000-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1250 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.736793893129771% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (XMLV) and PowerShares S&P 600 Low Volatility XSLV 0.6319927426670698% PowerShares S&P SmallCap Low Volatility Portfolio U.S.: NYSE Arca 33.279 0.209 0.6319927426670698% /Date(1417193633093-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 44895 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.7112293037651372% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (XSLV), which aim to track the least volatile stocks in the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, respectively. Then, last week, State Street unveiled the SPDR Russell 1000 Low Volatility ETF (LGLV) and SPDR Russell 2000 Low Volatility SMLV 0.27399394875923594% SPDR Russell 2000 Low Volatility ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 77.22 0.211 0.27399394875923594% /Date(1417192685985-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12673 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.9295104895104895% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (SMLV). The trend amounts to a bet that investors will give up some bull-market returns for the hope of fewer wild price swings. They did it last year with the most popular one: PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio SPLV 0.7388398823843892% PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio U.S.: NYSE Arca 37.6864 0.2764 0.7388398823843892% /Date(1417194609252-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 221926 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.4008911048639474% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (SPLV) saw a rush of new investors despite undershooting the plain-vanilla S&P 500's total return by six percentage points.
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Evaluation of phytochemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Terminalia glaucescens against some oral pathogens.
The World Health Organization has recommended and encouraged the use of chewing sticks ( Almas and Al Lafi 1995). Studies by Danielsen et al., (1989), Aderinokun et al., (1999) and Almas and Al Zeid (2004 have demonstrated chewing sticks are at least as effective as toothpaste in maintaining oral hygiene. Sathananthan et al., (1996) reported that Africans that use chewing sticks have fever carious car·i·ous
Having caries; decayed.
carious (ker´ēus),
adj pertaining to caries or decay. lesions than those that use toothbrushes. In a related development, Enwowu (1997) posited that chewing sticks, in addition to providing mechanical stimulation of the gums, also destroy microbes; these advantages of the chewing sticks over the conventional toothpaste and brushes has been attributed to the strong teeth of Africans (Ugoji et al., 2000).
Akande and Hayashi (1998) reported that in Nigeria, some of the chewing sicks being used are obtained from the following plants: Garcinia manni, Masularia accuminata,Terminalia glaucescens, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Pseudocedrela kotschyi, Xanthoxyllum gilletti and Azadiracta indica. T. glaucescens is perhaps one of the widely used plant for chewing stick application in Nigeria. This may have been responsible for a vast array of studies on its antimicrobial activity against some oral pathogens. Ndukwe et al., (2005) studied the antimicrobial effect of its root on Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus au·re·us
A bacterium that causes furunculosis, pyemia, osteomyelitis, suppuration of wounds, and food poisoning.
Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus pyogenes , Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Escherichia coli Escherichia coli (ĕsh'ərĭk`ēə kō`lī), common bacterium that normally inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, but can cause infection in other parts of the body, especially the urinary tract. and Bacillus subtilis Noun 1. Bacillus subtilis - a species of bacillus found in soil and decomposing organic matter; some strains produce antibiotics
Bacillus globigii, grass bacillus, hay bacillus . Rotimi et al., (1988) documented the antibacterial activity of the bark extract of T. glaucescens on Bacteriodes gingivalis and B. melaninogenicus. In an earlier report, we reported a significantly higher antibacterial activity of ethanolic extract of T. glaucescens root against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes Streptococcus py·og·e·nes
A bacterium that causes the formation of pus or of fatal septicemias.
Streptococcus pyogenes
A common bacterium that causes strep throat and can also cause tonsillitis. (Ogundiya et al., 2006).
The need to process and package indigenous medicinal plants medicinal plants, plants used as natural medicines. This practice has existed since prehistoric times. There are three ways in which plants have been found useful in medicine. that are of oral importance into toothpaste has been proposed (Ogundiya et al., 2006). Interestingly, barely two years after this proposition, a particular Nigeria- based company released a plant based dentifrice dentifrice /den·ti·frice/ (den´ti-fris) a preparation for cleansing and polishing the teeth; it may contain a therapeutic agent, such as fluoride, to inhibit dental caries.
n. into Nigerian market. However, this present trend requires that the bioactivity of many of these medicinal plants against common oral pathogens be scientifically established. In this regard, the present study was aimed at providing information on the antimicrobial activity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the stem and root of T. glaucescens on oral pathogens such as Candida albicans Candida albicans,
n a pathogenic yeast, which is the causal agent of thrush, vaginal infections, and systemic candidiasis.
Candida albicans , Streptococcus mutans Streptococcus mu·tans
A species of Streptococcus associated with the production of dental caries. and Staphylococcus saprophyticus Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a coagulase-negative species of Staphylococcus bacteria (which are catalase-positive). S. saprophyticus is often implicated in urinary tract infections. S. .
Materials and methods
Plant collection and pre-extraction preparation
Different plant parts such as leaves, stem, root and fruit of T. glaucescens were collected from Oke-Ogun axis of south Western Nigeria (a woody Savannah vegetation). The plant was identified by a plant Taxonomist at the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan. Nigeria. The stem and root of the plant was sun-dried for seven days, pounded using pestle pestle /pes·tle/ (pes´'l) an implement for pounding drugs in a mortar.
A club-shaped, hand-held tool for grinding or mashing substances in a mortar. and wooden mortar.
Extraction procedure
The ethanol extract preparation was done as previously described by Ogundiya et al., (2006). However, for water extraction, the procedure was basically the same except that soaking was done for 48h and the filterate was evaporated to dryness. The crude extracts were reconstituted into aqueous solution using sterile distilled water Noun 1. distilled water - water that has been purified by distillation
H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; to obtain extract concentrations of 0.4g/ml and 0.2g/ml.
Pure cultures of Candida albicans, Streptococcus mutans and Staphylococcus saprophyticus isolated from patients with dental diseases were obtained from the Medical Microbiology Medical microbiology is a branch of microbiology which deals with the study of microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites which are of medical importance and are capable of causing diseases in human beings. department of the University College Hospital (UCH UCH Universidad de Chile
UCH University College Hospital
UCH Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase
UCH University Community Health
UCH University of California, Hastings College of the Law
UCH Underground Coffee House (Hartford, CT) ) Ibadan. Nigeria. Bacterial cultures were maintained on Nutrient agar Noun 1. nutrient agar - any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
culture medium, medium - (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms slant and the fungus on Potato dextrose dextrose: see glucose. agar slant, both at 6-8[degrees]C.
Antimicrobial assay
The antimicrobial activity of different concentrations of both ethanol and aqueous extracts was determined by modified agar-well diffusion method of Perez et al., (1990) as described by Popoola et al., (2007). The bacterial plates were incubated at 37[degrees]C (fungal plates at 28[degrees]C) and the zone of inhibition measured in mm after 24h, 48h and 72h of growth. A control experiment was set up by using an equal amount of sterile distilled water in place of different extract concentrations.
Phytochemical phy·to·chem·i·cal
A nonnutritive bioactive plant substance, such as a flavonoid or carotenoid, considered to have a beneficial effect on human health. studies
Both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the phytochemicals present were carried out using methods described by Fadeyi et al., (1987) and Harbone (1998).
Statistical Analysis of Data
Data were expressed as mean[+ or -]standard deviation. The data obtained were subjected to ANOVA anova
see analysis of variance.
ANOVA Analysis of variance, see there test to determine whether there was significant difference between extract used and also between the length of incubation.
The results of the antimicrobial assay of the stem extract of T. glaucescens is presented in Tables 1-3. Results obtained showed that both ethanol and aqueous extracts of the tested chewing sticks had inhibitory effect on the growth of clinical isolates Candida albicans, Streptococcus mutans and Staphylococcus saprophyticus. ANOVA test of data on the antimicrobial activity of aqueous and ethanol extracts on C. albicans revealed that the solvent used in extraction procedure had significant effect (P<0.05) on the level of inhibition observed. In addition, the root extracts exhibited a significantly higher inhibition on C. albicans compared to the effect produced by the stem extract. Results of the antimicrobial testing on C. albicans also showed that the inhibition of the organism is time dependent as the degree of inhibition decreased with increased length of incubation.
The inhibitory effect of the extracts on Streptococcus mutans showed no significant difference (P>0.05) between extract concentration, but the effect exhibited by ethanol extract was significantly higher than that produced by aqueous extract. However, the length of incubation produced no significant effect (P>0.05) on the degree of inhibition of S. mutans by the root and stem extracts. ANOVA test of the data obtained from the antimicrobial assay of the different extracts on Staphylococcus saprophyticus revealed a trend similar to that observed on Streptococcus mutans.
Table 4 shows the result of qualitative and quantitative analyses of the phytochemicals present in the investigated plant parts. Alkaloids alkaloids,
n alkaline phytochemicals that contain nitrogen in a heterocyclic ring structure. They can have powerful pharmacological effects and are more often used in traditional medicine than in herbal treatments. , saponnins and tannins are the major phytochemicals present and the quantities present in the root were significantly (P<0.05) higher than the ones contained in the stem. Steroids were present in the investigated stem and root and phenol phenol (fē`nōl), C6H5OH, a colorless, crystalline solid that melts at about 41°C;, boils at 182°C;, and is soluble in ethanol and ether and somewhat soluble in water. was present in trace amount. Cyanoglycoside was only present in a small amount in the root.
The activity of plant extracts against bacteria have been studied for years, but in a more intensified way during the last three decades. During this period, numerous antimicrobial screening evaluations have been published based on the traditional use of Chinese, African and Asian plant-based drugs (Suffredim et al., 2004). In the present study, the aqueous and ethanol extracts of the root and stem of T. glaucescens inhibited the growth of all clinical isolates used; but their effectiveness varied. The root extracts were more effective than the stem extracts. This may be attributed to a significantly higher (P<0.05) concentrations of the investigated phytochemicals in the root extract (Table 4). Previous reports have indicated that the root of T. glaucescens is often used as chewing sticks (Akande and Hayashi 1998; Ndukwe et al., 2005). Result from the present study is possibly giving insight on the reason for this age long practice.
The influence of solvent for extraction on the inhibitory capacity of the extract on the test organism has been reported by Al-Bayati and Sulaiman (2008). It should be pointed out that, though ethanol extracts exhibited more pronounced inhibition than aqueous extracts, yet the effectiveness of the aqueous extract to inhibit the growth of the clinical isolates in the present study could not be contemned. This perhaps explained the effectiveness of this chewing stick in vivo.
The inhibition of Candida albicans, Streptococcus mutans and Staphylococcus saprophyticus observed in this study has confirmed that the antimicrobial principles in T. glaucescens which inhibited microorganisms like Bacteriodes gingivalis, B. melaninogenicus (Rotimi et al 1988), Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeroginosa (Ndukwe et al., 2005), Streptococcus pyogenes (Ogundiya et al., 2006) are equally active against the tested clinical isolates in the present study. Though previous reports did not indicated antimicrobial activity of T. glaucescens against C. albicans at low concentrations (Adekunle and Odukoya 2006; Okunade et al., 2007), results from the present study have shown that at higher concentrations as used in the present study, C albicans is sensitive to T. glaucescens extract.
A recent trend in the management of periodontal periodontal /peri·odon·tal/ (per?e-o-don´t'l)
1. pertaining to the periodontal ligament or periodontium.
2. near or around a tooth.
1. infections is to employ local antimicrobial delivery (Killoy 1998). In a related development, Ndukwe et al., (2005) stated that it is possible chewing sticks provide locally available antimicrobial agents in a manner similar to antimicrobial polymers and applications and could provide suitable substitute therapy if they can be shown to be efficacious. Results from the present study have shown that T. glaucescens has great potential in dentifrice production.
Adekunle, A.A. and K.A. Odukoya, 2006. Antifungal Activities of Ethanol and Aqueous Crude Extracts of Four Nigerian Chewing Sticks. EthnoBotanical Leaflet http://www.siu/~ebl/leaflets
Aderinokun, G.A., J.O. Lawoyin and C.O. Onyeaso, 1999. Effect of two common Nigerian chewing sticks on gingival gingival (jin´jv health and oral hygiene. Odontostomatol Trop., 22: 13-18.
Akande, J.A. and Y. Hayashi, 1998. Potency of extract contents from selected tropical chewing sticks against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus staphylococcus (stăf'ələkŏk`əs), any of the pathogenic bacteria, parasitic to humans, that belong to the genus Staphylococcus. The spherical bacterial cells (cocci) typically occur in irregular clusters [Gr. auricularis. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 14: 235-238.
Al-Bayati, F.A. and K.D. Sulaiman, 2008. In Vitro Antimicrobial activity of Salvadora persica L. Extracts against Some isolated Oral pathogens in Iraq. Turk. J. Biol., pp: 57-62.
Almas, K. and T.R. Al Lafi, 1995. The natural toothbrush. World Health Forum, 16: 206-210.
Almas, K. and Z. Al-Zeid, 2004. The immediate antimicrobial effect of a toothrush and miswak on cariogenic cariogenic (kerēōjen´ik),
adj contributing to the advancement of caries. Often used in the context of describing sugary foods. bacteria: a clinical study. J. Contemp. Dent. Pract., 5: 105-114.
Danielsen, B.V. Baelum and F. Manji, 1989. Chewing sticks, toothpaste and plaque removal. Acta Odontol Scand, 47: 121-125.
Enwowu, C.O., 1997. socio-economic factors in the dental caries prevalence and frequency. Nigerian caries research, 8: 155-177.
Fadeyi, M.O., A.O. Adeoye and I.D. Olowokudejo, 1987. Epidermal Epidermal
Referring to the thin outermost layer of the skin, itself made up of several layers, that covers and protects the underlying dermis (skin).
Mentioned in: Antiangiogenic Therapy, Histiocytosis X
epidermal and phytochemical:Studies in the genus Bohervia (Nyctaginaceae) in Nigeria. International Journal of Crude Drug Research, 27: 178-184.
Harbone, J.B., 1998. Phytochemical methods: Aguide to modern techniques of plant analysis. 3 Edition. Chapman rd and Hill, London. pp: 279.
Killoy, W., 1998. Chemical treatment of periodontitis periodontitis
Inflammation of soft tissues around the teeth (see tooth). Poor dental hygiene leads to deposition of bacterial plaque on the teeth below the gum line, irritating and eroding nearby tissues. : local delivery of antimicrobials. Int. Dent. Journal, 48(Suppl 1): 305-315.
Ogundiya, M.O., M.B. Okunade and A.L. Kolapo, 2006. Antimicrobial activities of some Nigerian Chewing sticks. EthnoBotanical Leaflet http://www.siu/~ebl/leaflets.
Okunade, M.B., J.A. Adejumobi, M.O. Ogundiya and A.L. Kolapo, 2007. Chemical, Phytochemical compositions and antimicrobial activities of some local chewing sticks used in South Western Nigeria. Journal Phytopharmacotherapy and Natural products, 1(1): 49-52.
Rotimi, V.O., B.E. Laughon, J.G. Bartlett and H.A. Mosadomi, 1988. Activities of Nigerian chewing sticks extracts against bacteriodes-gingivalis and bacteriodes-melaninogenicus. Antimicrobiological Agents and Chemotherapy, 32(4): 598-600.
Ndukwe, K.C., W. Okeke, A. Lamikanra, S.K. Adesina and O. Aboderin, 2005. Antibacterial activity of aqueous extracts of selected chewing sticks. J. Contemp. Dent. Pract., 6(3): 086-094.
Perez, C., A. Pauli and P. Bazerque, 1990. An antibiotic assay by agar-well diffusion method. Acta Biol. Med. Exp., 15: 113-115.
Popoola, T.O.S., O.D. Yangomodu and A.K. Akintokun, 2007. Antimicrobial Activity of Cassava cassava (kəsä`və) or manioc (măn`ēŏk), name for many species of the genus Manihot of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family). Seed Oil on Skin Pathogenic Microorganisms. Research Journal of Medicinal Plant, 1(2): 60-64.
Sathananthan, K., T. Vos and G. Bango, 1996. Dental caries, fluoride levels and oral hygiene practices of school children in Matebeleland South Zimbabwe. Community Dent. Oral Epidemiol., 24: 21-24.
Suffredini, I.B., H.S. Sarder and A.G. Goncalves, 2004. Screening of antibacterial extracts from plants native to Brazillian amazon Rain Forest and Atlantic Forest. Brazillian J. Med. Biol. Res., 37: 379-384.
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Corresponding Author: A.L. Kolapo, Department of Biology, The Polytechnic, Ibadan. Ibadan. Nigeria E. Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
(1) M.O.Ogundiya, (1) A.L. Kolapo, (2) M.B.Okunade and (2) J.A.Adejumobi
(1) Department of Biology, The Polytechnic, Ibadan. Ibadan. Nigeria (2) Department of Chemistry, The Polytechnic, Ibadan. Ibadan. Nigeria
(1) M.O. Ogundiya, (1) A.L. Kolapo, (2) M.B. Okunade and (2) J.A. Adejumobi, Evaluation of Phytochemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Terminalia Glaucescens Against Some Oral Pathogens, Adv. in Nat. Appl. Sci., 2(2): 89-93, 2008
Table 1: Inhibition of Candida albicans by aqueous and ethanol extract of T. glaucescens Aqueous Extract Extract (g/ml) Concentration Plant part Time of 0.4 0.2 incubation (h) Root 24 28.5 [+ or -] 0.0 28.0 [+ or -] 1.0 48 17.0 [+ or -] 0.0 16.5 [+ or -] 1.5 72 14.0 [+ or -] 0.5 11.0 [+ or -] 1.7 Stem 24 32.0 [+ or -] 4.0 21.5 [+ or -] 0.5 48 30.5 [+ or -] 1.5 17.5 [+ or -] 3.0 72 20.5 [+ or -] 0.5 12.5 [+ or -] 0.5 Ethanol Extract Extract (g/ml) Concentration Plant part Time of 0.4 0.2 incubation (h) Root 24 40.0 [+ or -] 0.0 38.0 [+ or -] 0.0 48 37.0 [+ or -] 1.0 35.0 [+ or -] 1.0 72 35.0 [+ or -] 5.0 32.0 [+ or -] 2.0 Stem 24 32.5 [+ or -] 0.0 30.0 [+ or -] 0.0 48 25.0 [+ or -] 0.0 19.5 [+ or -] 0.5 72 21.5 [+ or -] 2.5 19.5 [+ or -] 4.5 Values are mean [+ or -] standard deviation (n=3) Table 2: Inhibition of Streptococcus m utans by aqueous and ethanol extract of T. glaucescens Aqueous Extract Extract (g/ml) Concentration Plant part Time of 0.4 0.2 incubation (h) Root 24 28.5 [+ or -] 0.5 27.0 [+ or -] 0.0 48 27.0 [+ or -] 2.0 26.0 [+ or -] 2.0 72 26.5 [+ or -] 2.5 25.0 [+ or -] 1.0 Stem 24 27.5 [+ or -] 2.5 24.0 [+ or -] 0.0 48 27.5 [+ or -] 3.5 24.5 [+ or -] 1.5 72 22.5 [+ or -] 2.5 17.0 [+ or -] 3.0 Ethanol Extract Extract (g/ml) Concentration Plant part Time of 0.4 0.2 incubation (h) Root 24 36.0 [+ or -] 4.0 36.9 [+ or -] 4.0 48 33.5 [+ or -] 0.5 32.5 [+ or -] 0.5 72 34.5 [+ or -] 5.5 31.5 [+ or -] 6.5 Stem 24 35.5 [+ or -] 0.0 25.0 [+ or -] 0.0 48 28.5 [+ or -] 4.5 20.5 [+ or -] 3.5 72 23.0 [+ or -] 0.2 18.5 [+ or -] 0.5 Values are mean [+ or -] standard deviation (n=3) Table 3: Inhibition of Staphylococcus saprophyticus by aqueous and ethanol extract of T. glaucescens Aqueous Extract Extract (g/ml) Concentration Plant part Time of 0.4 0.2 incubation (h) Root 24 29.0 [+ or -] 1.0 28.0 [+ or -] 2.0 48 28.0 [+ or -] 1.0 26.5 [+ or -] 2.5 72 18.0 [+ or -] 2.0 15.0 [+ or -] 0.0 Stem 24 30.0 [+ or -] 0.0 26.0 [+ or -] 0.0 48 19.5 [+ or -] 0.5 20.0 [+ or -] 1.0 72 15.0 [+ or -] 0.0 12.0 [+ or -] 2.0 Ethanol extract Extract (g/ml) Concentration Plant part Time of 0.4 0.2 incubation (h) Root 24 40.0 [+ or -] 0.0 39.5 [+ or -] 0.5 48 38.0 [+ or -] 2.0 37.0 [+ or -] 5.0 72 37.5 [+ or -] 2.5 27.5 [+ or -] 0.5 Stem 24 35.0 [+ or -] 0.0 35.0 [+ or -] 0.0 48 24.5 [+ or -] 0.5 23.0 [+ or -] 4.0 72 17.5 [+ or -] 2.5 19.5 [+ or -] 0.5 Values are mean [+ or -] standard deviation (n=3) Table 4: Results of the quantitative estimation of the phytochemicals (mg/100g) present in the ethanol extracts of T. glaucescens Alkaloid Steroid Phenol Stem 62.7 9.8 Trace Root 95.5 8.5 Trace Tannin Cyanoglycoside Saponin Stem 33.9 Trace 33.5 Root 39.6 2.8 46.6 Values are mean of triplicate determinations.
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