Antimicrobial activities of Garcinia kola on oral Fusobacterium nucleatum and biofilm

Francisca Nwaokorie¹*, Akitoye Coker¹, Folasade Ogunsola¹, Elerson Gaetti-Jardim Jr.², Oyedele Gabriel³, Ayanbadejo Patricia⁴, Abdurrazaq Taiwo⁵ and

Umezudike Adesola⁴

¹Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

²Anaerobe Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

³Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

⁴Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.

⁵Department of Oral /maxillofacial surgery, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.