ascorbic acid/dental caries

Ascorbic acid (AA) affects in vitro growth of bacteria and may also act in vivo to decrease caries activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the possible association of AA level in plasma with number of caries lesions, relative numbers of some species of oral cariogenic flora, and rate of

BACKGROUND Ascorbic acid or Vitamin C is a potent dietary antioxidant with a double faced character, in that it exhibits a pro-oxidant activity arising from its routine antioxidant property that generates reactive free radicals, which induce cytotoxic effects at pharmacologic concentrations. A

To determine if diesel exhaust (DE) exposure modifies the antioxidant defense network within the respiratory tract lining fluids, a randomized, single blinded, crossover control study using nasal lavage and flexible video bronchoscopy with bronchial and bronchoalveolar lavage was performed. Fifteen

The status and functional characteristics of the oral cavity organs were studied in 85 children aged 7 to 12 with chronic gastroduodenitis with various gastric acid production and in 32 age-matched healthy children. Under study were mixed saliva pH values, oral mucosa temperature, Iakovets and

In order to make a compressed tablet which can rapidly disintegrate in the oral cavity, microcrystalline cellulose and low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose were used as disintegrants, and ethenzamide and ascorbic acid were chosen as poorly and easily water soluble model drugs, respectively. The

Vitrectomy and the subsequent vitreous fluid exchange alter the chemical and physical properties of the vitreous. This study assessed the time course alterations of total protein, ascorbic acid and lactic acid in the rabbit vitreous cavity following vitrectomy. Normal values were 2.2 +/- 1.2 mg/ml,

In order to evaluate endogenous nitrosation in the oral cavity of chewers of betel quid with tobacco (BQT) or without tobacco (BQ), saliva samples were collected from healthy male volunteers after chewing sequentially (i) unmodified BQT or BQ, (ii) BQT or BQ to which proline has been added, and

A salivary component, nitrate, is reduced to nitrite in the oral cavity. Polyphenols in foods are mixed with nitrite in the saliva to be swallowed into the stomach. An objective of the present study is to elucidate reactions between a polyphenol quercetin and a nitrite under acidic conditions.

The action of a combination of chymotrypsin-trypsin + flavonoids + ascorbic acid (zymolean) has been compared with that of 7 non-steroid anti-inflammatory substances in 4 tests: a histamine induced wheal, dextran and carrageenin induced edemas, and permeability to Evans blue in the peritoneal