Phytochemicals as invaluable sources of potent antimicrobial agents to combat antibiotic resistance

R Jadimurthy, S Jagadish, SC Nayak, S Kumar… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many microorganisms develop resistance to drugs through different
mechanisms, and this process is called antimicrobial resistance. It is highly essential to …

Oral submucous fibrosis: etiological mechanism, malignant transformation, therapeutic approaches and targets

X Qin, Y Ning, L Zhou, Y Zhu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oral submucosal fibrosis (OSF) is a chronic, progressive and potentially malignant oral
disorder with a high regional incidence and malignant rate. With the development of the …

Pharmacology, toxicity, bioavailability, and formulation of magnolol: An update

Y Lin, Y Li, Y Zeng, B Tian, X Qu, Q Yuan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Magnolol (MG) is one of the primary active components of Magnoliae officinalis cortex,
which has been widely used in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbal medicine and …

Targeting oxidative stress and inflammation in intervertebral disc degeneration: therapeutic perspectives of phytochemicals

L Kang, H Zhang, C Jia, R Zhang… - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Low back pain is a major cause of disability worldwide that declines the quality of life; it
poses a substantial economic burden for the patient and society. Intervertebral disc (IVD) …

In vitro assessment of the cell metabolic activity, cytotoxicity, cell attachment, and inflammatory reaction of human oral fibroblasts on polyetheretherketone (PEEK) …

TY Peng, YH Shih, SM Hsia, TH Wang, PJ Li, DJ Lin… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this research is to compare the cytotoxicity of polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
and polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) with conventional dental implant–abutment materials …

Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of carvacrol and magnolol, in periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus

GIP Cicalău, PA Babes, H Calniceanu, A Popa… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus are two pathologies that are extremely
widespread worldwide and share the feature of chronic inflammation. Carvacrol is a …

Natural product/diet-based regulation of macrophage polarization: Implications in treatment of inflammatory-related diseases and cancer

M Ashrafizadeh, AR Aref, G Sethi, YN Ertas… - The Journal of Nutritional …, 2024 - Elsevier
Macrophages are phagocytic cells with important physiological functions, including the
digestion of cellular debris, foreign substances, and microbes, as well as tissue …

Magnolol: Chemistry and biology

J Xu, H Xu - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Magnolol is a conventional polyphenolic bioactive substance extracted and isolated from the
stem bark of the Magnoliaceae plant Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. It exhibited a wide …

Chitosan-based functional films integrated with magnolol: Characterization, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity and pork preservation

X Song, L Liu, X Wu, Y Liu, J Yuan - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aims of this study were to develop the magnolol–chitosan films and study the positive
effect of the combination of magnolol and chitosan. The addition of magnolol made the …

pH-responsive magnolol nanocapsule-embedded magnolol-grafted-chitosan hydrochloride hydrogels for promoting wound healing

M Wang, H Huang, C Huang, S Liu, X Peng - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection and oxidative stress seriously delay wound healing. Here, magnolol-
grafted-chitosan hydrochloride (CSCl-MAG) was synthesized and crosslinked with genipin …