Component
Streptococcus mutans growth
Streptococcus mutans growth. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
Every nutrient with a recorded effect on this component, credited to the nutrient that acted rather than the chapter that recorded it. Open a nutrient to see the findings and the conditions they were measured under.
Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
Chains of two or more recorded steps that end here, grouped by the nutrient they start from. Each step is a separate finding, so a chain is a route a mechanism could take, not proof that it does.
Tracing routes…
What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
The nasunin MIC for S. mutans was 500 micrograms/mL.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/nasunin-research/dental2010.publisher-abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary publisher abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "7d369feccf2a98d02ce5f11168e967be5f9e95b51d02e45468a4e468e99c9d9b", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2042, "text_sha256": "7d369feccf2a98d02ce5f11168e967be5f9e95b51d02e45468a4e468e99c9d9b"}
- experimental_model
- Growth, resting-cell and crude-enzyme assays
- exposure
- Nasunin MIC 500, 250 and 500 micrograms/mL respectively
- limitations
- In vitro concentrations and crude-enzyme preparations do not establish human caries prevention; glucosyltransferase isoforms were not resolved.
- nutrient_topic
- Nasunin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Nasunin
- organism
- Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus and Actinomyces viscosus
- plain_language
- Growth inhibition required the reported laboratory concentration.
- primary_references
- [nasunin-pdental2010] Antibacterial Effects of Nasunin against Cariogenic Bacteria (2010). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shikahozon/53/3/53_KJ00006714377/_article/-char/en DOI: 10.11471/shikahozon.53.296
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Bacterial viability and extracellular glucan production
Nasunin: identity, redox chemistry and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 991–1002
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Growth, resting-cell and crude-enzyme assays · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### nasunin-mutans-mic The nasunin MIC for S. mutans was 500 micrograms/mL. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Nasunin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Growth inhibition required the reported laboratory concentration. organism: Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus and Actinomyces viscosus tissue_or_cell_type: Bacterial viability and extracellular glucan production experimental_model: Growth, resting-cell and crude-enzyme assays limitations: In vitro concentrations and crude-enzyme preparations do not establish human caries prevention; glucosyltransferase isoforms were not resolved. exposure: Nasunin MIC 500, 250 and 500 micrograms/mL respectively evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/nasunin-research/dental2010.publisher-abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary publisher abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "7d369feccf2a98d02ce5f11168e967be5f9e95b51d02e45468a4e468e99c9d9b", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2042, "text_sha256": "7d369feccf2a98d02ce5f11168e967be5f9e95b51d02e45468a4e468e99c9d9b"} [nasunin-pdental2010] Antibacterial Effects of Nasunin against Cariogenic Bacteria (2010). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shikahozon/53/3/53_KJ00006714377/_article/-char/en DOI: 10.11471/shikahozon.53.296
Complete structured claim and evidence
The events it takes part in
A mechanism often involves more than two components. These are the full events, with every participant and its role.
Situations it appears in
Low-supply and faulty-machinery situations recorded in the chapters where this component plays a part.
In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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