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Int J Mol Med ; 35(1): 211-7, 2015 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25384405

RESUMO

In the present study, essential oils extracted from the leaves and flowers of Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. (L. alba) were analyzed for their antimicrobial activity and their effects on osteoclasts. The periodontal pathogens, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (A. actinomycetemcomitans; ATCC 43717), Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum; ATCC 25586) and Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis); ATCC 33277) were used in antimicrobial activity assays for determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), whereas Bacteroides fragilis (B. fragilis; ATCC 25285) was used as the control microorganism. Osteoclast (OC) apoptosis was assessed by TUNEL assay and Fas receptor expression was detected by immunocytochemistry. The analysis of antimicrobial activity revealed that P. gingivalis had the lowest MIC values, whereas A. actinomycetemcomitans had the highest. L. alba essential oils were found to be toxic to human cells, although the compounds, carvone, limonene and citral, were non-toxic and induced apoptosis in the OCs. This study demonstrates that L. alba has potential biotechnological application in dentistry. In fact periodontal disease has a multifactorial etiology, and the immune response to microbial challenge leads to osteoclast activation and the resorption of the alveolar bone, resulting in tooth loss.


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Flores/química , Lippia/química , Óleos Voláteis/farmacologia , Extratos Vegetais/farmacologia , Folhas de Planta/química , Anti-Infecciosos/química , Anti-Infecciosos/farmacologia , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Cultivadas , Humanos , Óleos Voláteis/química , Osteoclastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Extratos Vegetais/química
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