Xanthorrhizol: A Potential Antibacterial Agent from<i>Curcuma xanthorrhiza</i>against<i>Streptococcus mutans</i>

Abstract

Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb., commonly known as temu lawak or Javanese turmeric, has been traditionally used in Indonesia for food an medicinal purposes [1]. It has been reported that Curcuma xanthorrhiza confers a variety of biological activities such as antitumor [2], hypotriglyceridaemic [3], anti-inflammatory [4], antibacterial [5], etc. In this research we found that xanthorrhizol (1,3,5,10-bisabolatetraen-3-ol), isolated from Curcuma xanthorrhiza, possessed remarkable anticariogenic activity against Streptococcus mutans.