Bromelain: A potential strategy for the adjuvant treatment of periodontitis

Introduction: Bromelain, a mixture of proteases derived from different parts of pineapple, has been described to have therapeutic benefits in a diversity of inflammatory diseases. Such effects are associated to its proteolytic activity. As one of the most common and multifactorial diseases, periodon...

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Main Authors: Felipe Rodolfo Pereira da Silva, Any Carolina Cardoso Guimaraes Vasconcelos, Even Herlany Pereira Alves, Paulo Vinicius de Oliveira Junior, Jefferson Soares de Oliveira, Daniel Fernando Pereira Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Dental Hypotheses
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Online Access:http://www.dentalhypotheses.com/article.asp?issn=2155-8213;year=2016;volume=7;issue=3;spage=88;epage=93;aulast=da