Maria Nilce de Sousa Ribeiro

TL;DR: The present review discusses the in vitro and in vivo studies published in the period between 1978 and 2008 regarding the effects of propolis on Streptococcus mutans growth, bacterial adherence, glucosyltransferase activity, and caries indicators to indicate that propolis and/or its compounds are promising cariostatic agents.

TL;DR: The objective of this study is to review the literature on plant extracts, fractions and chemical constituents whose giardicidal activity has been investigated in vitro and to discuss recent aspects of research on natural products of plant origin employed in the treatment of giardiasis.

TL;DR: Investigating the antimicrobial activity of M. fasciculata geopropolis against oral pathogens, its effects on S. mutans biofilms, and the chemical contents of the extracts concluded that a geopropolis-based gel is not toxic in an animal model and displays anti-inflammatory effect.

TL;DR: Propolis was found to exert an anti- inflammatory activity in vivo and in vitro models of acute and chronic inflammation and others studies, indicating its promising potential as anti-inflammatory agent of natural origin and as a source of chemical compounds for the development of new drugs.

TL;DR: Eleven compounds belonging to the classes of phenolic acids and hydrolyzable tannins (gallotannins and ellagitannins) were tentatively identified and are responsible for the antioxidant activity and high phenolic content of geopropolis produced by M. fasciculata.