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| Title |
Effects of avocado/soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) on the treatment of ligature-induced periodontitis in rats
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| Published in |
Brazilian Oral Research, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2017.vol31.0028 |
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| Authors |
Guilherme José Pimentel Lopes de Oliveira, Luiz Guilherme Freitas de Paula, João Antônio Chaves de Souza, Rubens Spin-Neto, Andreas Stavropoulos, Rosemary Adriana Chiérici Marcantonio |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the avocado/soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) on the treatment of induced periodontitis in rats. Periodontitis was induced in 84 rats via ligature placement around the second upper molar, which was removed after 7 days, and scaling and root planning (SRP) was performed at this time. Subsequently, the rats were randomly allocated to four groups with 21 animals each: One SRP group in which saline solution was administered (SS), and three groups in which ASU was administered (0.6 g/kg/day), beginning either 7 days before the induction of periodontitis (SRP/ASU-7), on the day of periodontitis induction (SRP/ASU0), or on the day of treatment (SRP/ASU+7). ASU and SS were administered daily by gavage until the sacrifice of the animals (7, 15, and 30 days after SRP). The % bone in the furcation area was evaluated by histomorphometry and micro-CT. The expression of proteins (TRAP, RANKL, and alkaline phosphatase) and mRNA (IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-6, RANKL, and alkaline phosphatase) were evaluated by immunohistochemistry and qPCR. The SRP/ASU+7 group presented a higher percentage of bone fill in the furcation area and higher expression of alkaline phosphatase than in the SRP group (at 7 and 30 days, respectively). The SRP/ASU0 and SRP/ASU+7 groups presented lower expression levels of RANKL mRNA than the SRP and SRP/ASU-7 groups at 15 days. ASU administration on the day of the SRP treatment of the ligature-induced periodontitis promoted subtle beneficial effects on periodontal repair following the treatment of induced periodontitis within the experimental period of 7 days. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 44 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 11% |
| Researcher | 3 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 20% |
| Unknown | 17 | 39% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 45% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 2% |
| Psychology | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 17 | 39% |
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