Oleo-gum resins such as frankincense and myrrh are some of the economically and culturally valuable products obtained from trees and shrubs of the genera Boswellia and Commiphora, respectively. They are important natural plant products used in several industries that include pharmacology, food, flavour, liqueur and beverage, cosmetics, perfumery and others. Moreover, frankincense and myrrh have...

BACKGROUND Commercially available sugar-free chewing gums have been claimed to provide oral health benefits. AIM The aim of this randomized, double-blind crossover in situ study was to compare the efficacy of three commercially available sugar-free chewing gums: Trident White, Orbit, and Orbit Professional, in remineralizing enamel subsurface lesions in situ. DESIGN Specimens containing ena...

Article history: Received 14 January 2014 Received in revised form 19 April 2014 Accepted 23 April 2014 Available online 5 May 2014

Many anticancer drugs exert their cytotoxicity by inhibiting DNA synthesis and cell replication. However, side effects such as bone marrow suppression, gastrointestinal toxicity, and renal damage remain to be addressed (Peterson et al., 1992). One avenue to developing clinically applicable chemotherapeutic agents with fewer complications is to screen traditional medicinal plants, which have bee...

Boswellia serrata and Boswellia sacra (syn. B. carteri) are important medicinal plants widely used for their content of bioactive lipophilic triterpenes. The qualitative and quantitative determination of boswellic acids (BAs) is important for their use in dietary supplements aimed to provide a support for osteoarthritic and inflammatory diseases. We used High Performance Liquid Chromatography (...