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

doi:10.3390/molecules27134174

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

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	4174
Journal	Molecules
Volume	27
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27134174
State	Published - 01 07 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

frankincense
immunology
infection
inflammation
microbiology
oral health

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