[Antimicrobial activity of saponins from Hedera taurica C a r r].

The antibacterial and antifungal action of saponins Sx1, taurozide H2, taurozide I and their effect on bioluminescent system of photobacteria Photobacterium phosphoreum (Cohn) Ford were investigated. Saponins H2 and I had no antimicrobial effect. Saponin Sx1 possessed antifungal activity in vitro with respect to Candida albicans, C.

[Evaluation of absorbed doses of ionizing radiation by milk teeth enamel in children living in the Belarus Republic].

Mean doses of ionizing radiation, absorbed by children in the Byelarus Republic, were evaluated by EPR dosimetry of tableted samples of milk teeth enamel. A relationship between the doses absorbed by the children and density of radionuclide contamination of the territory of residence was detected. Based on the mean absorbed doses, doses which can be absorbed during 70 years of life were estimated.

[The characteristics of the manifestation of syphilis on the mucosa of the mouth and oropharynx in children and adolescents].

Case histories of 81 children and 711 adolescents are analyzed. Specific lesions of the oropharyngeal mucosa have been detected in 43 (53.08%) children and 364 (51.

[The characteristics of the clinical status of the periodontal tissues in children with gingival recession].

Periodontal tissues were examined in 29 healthy children and in 91 children with gingival recession aged 6-14 years. The routine indices were higher in patients with gingival recession associated with chronic catarrhal gingivitis and maxillodental abnormalities than in those with only one oral disease.