Assessing the Antioxidant Benefits of Topical Carvacrol and Magnolol Periodontal Hydrogel Therapy in Periodontitis Associated with Diabetes in Wistar Rats
Georgiana Ioana Potra Cicalău, Gabriela Ciavoi, Ioana Scrobotă, Andreea Olivia Marcu, Ioana Romanul, Eleonora Marian, Laura Grațiela Vicaș, Mariana Ganea, Patrick R Schmidlin, Ioannis D Vouros · 2023
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Two plant compounds may ease gum disease in rats that also have diabetes, and a 2023 study by Georgiana Ioana Potra Cicalău and co-authors tests them in a gel. Both diseases feed on oxidative stress, which harms cells, and the compounds, carvacrol and magnolol, are natural antioxidants.
Ninety Wistar rats were split into nine groups covering health, each disease alone, both together, and treated sets. The gel was placed on the gums of rats with both conditions, using one compound, the other, or both. Blood tests tracked a damage marker and the activity of a protective enzyme. The study asks whether a natural gel can blunt the stress that links the two diseases.
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| CREATOR | Georgiana Ioana Potra Cicalău, Gabriela Ciavoi, Ioana Scrobotă, Andreea Olivia Marcu, Ioana Romanul, Eleonora Marian, Laura Grațiela Vicaș, Mariana Ganea, Patrick R Schmidlin, Ioannis D Vouros |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |