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Science 12 June 1964:
Vol. 144. no. 3624, pp. 1337 - 1338
DOI: 10.1126/science.144.3624.1337
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Cariostatic Effect of Phosphates

F. J. McClure 1

1 National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

The caries-preventive effect of phosphate additives in cariogenic diets fed to white rats has been further demonstrated. Diammonium phosphate, beta-glycerol phosphate, and sodium phytate again were shown to be caries-inhibiting, as was a 1,6-fructose diphosphate. The caries-inhibiting action of organic phosphates may coincide with a caries-protective factor presumed lost in the refining of sugar and in the processing of certain cereal foods.


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