Representative Publications:

Klein MI, Duarte S, Xiao J, Mitra S, Foster TH, Koo H. Structural and molecular basis of the role of starch and sucrose in Streptococcus mutans biofilms development. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2008 (submitted for publication)

Cheong FC, Duarte S, Lee S, Grier DG. Holographic microrheology of polysaccharides from Streptococcus mutans biofilms, Rheologica Acta. 2008 (in press).

Aires CP, Del Bel Cury AA, Tenuta LMA, Klein MI, Koo H, Duarte S, Cury JA. Effect of starch and sucrose on dental biofilm formation and on root dentine demineralization. Caries Res. 2008 Sep 10;42(5):380-386.

Duarte S, Klein MI, Aires CP, Cury JA, Bowen WH, Koo H. Influences of starch and sucrose on Streptococcus mutans biofilms. Oral Microbiol Immunol. 2008 Jun;23(3):206-12.

Duarte S, Gregoire S, Singh AP, Vorsa N, Schaich K, Bowen WH, Koo H. Inhibitory effects of cranberry polyphenols on formation and acidogenicity of Streptococcus mutans biofilms. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2006 Apr;257(1):50-6.

Duarte S, Rosalen PL, Hayacibara MF, Cury JA, Bowen WH, Marquis RE, Rehder VL, Sartoratto A, Ikegaki M, Koo H. The influence of a novel propolis on mutans streptococci biofilms and caries development in rats. Arch Oral Biol. 2006 Jan;51(1):15-22. Epub 2005 Jul 28.

Hayacibara MF, Koo H, Rosalen PL, Duarte S, Franco EM, Bowen WH, Ikegaki M, Cury JA. In vitro and in vivo effects of isolated fractions of Brazilian propolis on caries development. J Ethnopharmacol. 2005 Oct 3;101(1-3):110-5.

Duarte S, Koo H, Bowen WH, Hayacibara MF, Cury JA, Ikegaki M, Rosalen PL. Effect of a novel type of propolis and its chemical fractions on glucosyltransferases and on growth and adherence of mutans streptococci. Biol Pharm Bull. 2003 Apr;26(4):527-31.