Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Properties of Carvacrol and Magnolol, in Periodontal Disease and Diabetes Mellitus

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 22; p. 6899
• Main Authors: Cicalău, Georgiana, Babes, Petru, Calniceanu, Horia, Popa, Adelina, Ciavoi, Gabriela, Iova, Gilda, Ganea, Mariana, Scrobotă, Ioana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; anti-inflammatory; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - chemistry; Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use; Antidiabetics; Antimicrobial agents; antioxidant; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - chemistry; Antioxidants - therapeutic use; Bacteria; Bibliometrics; Biphenyl Compounds - chemistry; Biphenyl Compounds - therapeutic use; Cardiovascular disease; carvacrol; Citations; Cymenes - chemistry; Cymenes - therapeutic use; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus - metabolism; Gum disease; Humans; Impact factors; Inflammatory diseases; Insulin; Lignans - chemistry; Lignans - therapeutic use; Magnolia - chemistry; magnolol; Origanum - chemistry; Pathogenesis; Pathogens; Pathology; periodontitis; Periodontitis - drug therapy; Periodontitis - metabolism; Periodontium; Review; anti-osteoclastic; toxicity; antimicrobial; antioxidant; magnolol; periodontitis; anti-inflammatory; anti-diabetic; carvacrol; diabetes

Periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus are two pathologies that are extremely widespread worldwide and share the feature of chronic inflammation. Carvacrol is a phenolic monoterpenoid, produced by a variety of herbs, the most well-known of which is Origanum vulgare. Magnolol is a traditional poly...