Licorice and its potential beneficial effects in common oro-dental diseases

Oral Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-39

  Messier, C ^a   Epifano, F ^b   Genovese, S ^b   Grenier, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Dental caries; Licorice; Periodontitis; Recurrent aphthous ulcer

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GANCAONIN G; GLABRIDIN; GLABROL; GLYCYROL; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCYRRHIZOL A; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOFLAVONOID; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN; LICOAGROAURONE; LICOCHALCONE A; LICOCOUMARONE; LICORICIDIN; LICORISOFLAVAN A; LIQUIRITIGENIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APHTHOUS ULCER; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GINGIVITIS; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPERMINERALOCORTICOID LIKE EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDLINE; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SALIVA; THRUSH; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; DENTAL CARIES; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; PERIODONTITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; STOMATITIS, APHTHOUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84155172742     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2011.01842.x     Document Type: Review

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