Effects of Frankincense Compounds on Infection, Inflammation, and Oral Health.

Cássio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Nallusamy Sivakumar, Homer Asadi, Anna Chang-Chien, M Walid Qoronfleh, David M Ojcius, Musthafa Mohamed Essa

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2022 Jun 29

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Boswellia trees, found throughout the Middle East and parts of Africa and Asia, are the source of frankincense oil. Since antiquity, frankincense has been traded as a precious commodity, but it has also been used for the treatment of chronic disease, inflammation, oral health, and microbial infection. More recently, the bioactive components of Boswellia trees have been identified and characterized for their effects on cancer, microbial infection (especially infection by oral pathogens), and inflammation. Most studies have focused on cell lines, but more recent research has also investigated effects in animal models of disease. As natural products are considered to be safer than synthetic drugs, there is growing interest in further developing the use of substances such as frankincense oil for therapeutic treatment.

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Cássio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Nallusamy Sivakumar, Homer Asadi, Anna Chang-Chien, M Walid Qoronfleh, David M Ojcius, Musthafa Mohamed Essa. Effects of Frankincense Compounds on Infection, Inflammation, and Oral Health. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland). 2022 Jun 29;27(13)