Salivary defense system alters in vegetarian
Purpose: The aim of this research was investigating antimicrobial and enzymatic antioxidant activities in salivary fluids of vegetarians as compared to normal subjects. Material & Methods: Antimicrobial activity of the saliva samples was evaluated against four clinically important bacteria....
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2013-05-01
|
| Series: | Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426813000377 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1846159722603872256 |
|---|---|
| author | Nour Amirmozafari Houra Pourghafar Reyhaneh Sariri |
| author_facet | Nour Amirmozafari Houra Pourghafar Reyhaneh Sariri |
| author_sort | Nour Amirmozafari |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Purpose: The aim of this research was investigating antimicrobial and enzymatic antioxidant activities in salivary fluids of vegetarians as compared to normal subjects. Material & Methods: Antimicrobial activity of the saliva samples was evaluated against four clinically important bacteria. The biological activities of three of the main antioxidant enzymes of saliva were measured using appropriate methods of enzyme assay in both groups. Results: According to the results, saliva obtained from vegetarians showed a reduced inhibitory effect on growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella oxytoca, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli as compared to those obtained from the non-vegetarian subjects. The activity of salivary peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase showed a statistically marked decrease in vegetarian group. Conclusions: According to our literature survey, this is the first report on the antibacterial and antioxidant capacity in saliva of vegetarians. Results obtained from the present study have opened a new line of research with the basis of saliva as a research tool. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-09fcc47dcf0b437f83472e1ec71d8c31 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2212-4268 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2013-05-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research |
| spelling | doaj-art-09fcc47dcf0b437f83472e1ec71d8c312024-11-23T06:26:18ZengElsevierJournal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research2212-42682013-05-01327882Salivary defense system alters in vegetarianNour Amirmozafari0Houra Pourghafar1Reyhaneh Sariri2Department of Microbiology, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, IranDepartment of Microbiology, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, IranProfessor, Department of Microbiology, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran; Corresponding author. Tel./fax: +98 1313233647.Purpose: The aim of this research was investigating antimicrobial and enzymatic antioxidant activities in salivary fluids of vegetarians as compared to normal subjects. Material & Methods: Antimicrobial activity of the saliva samples was evaluated against four clinically important bacteria. The biological activities of three of the main antioxidant enzymes of saliva were measured using appropriate methods of enzyme assay in both groups. Results: According to the results, saliva obtained from vegetarians showed a reduced inhibitory effect on growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella oxytoca, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli as compared to those obtained from the non-vegetarian subjects. The activity of salivary peroxidase, catalase and superoxide dismutase showed a statistically marked decrease in vegetarian group. Conclusions: According to our literature survey, this is the first report on the antibacterial and antioxidant capacity in saliva of vegetarians. Results obtained from the present study have opened a new line of research with the basis of saliva as a research tool.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426813000377SalivaAntimicrobial activityAntioxidant enzymesVegetarian |
| spellingShingle | Nour Amirmozafari Houra Pourghafar Reyhaneh Sariri Salivary defense system alters in vegetarian Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research Saliva Antimicrobial activity Antioxidant enzymes Vegetarian |
| title | Salivary defense system alters in vegetarian |
| title_full | Salivary defense system alters in vegetarian |
| title_fullStr | Salivary defense system alters in vegetarian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Salivary defense system alters in vegetarian |
| title_short | Salivary defense system alters in vegetarian |
| title_sort | salivary defense system alters in vegetarian |
| topic | Saliva Antimicrobial activity Antioxidant enzymes Vegetarian |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426813000377 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT nouramirmozafari salivarydefensesystemaltersinvegetarian AT hourapourghafar salivarydefensesystemaltersinvegetarian AT reyhanehsariri salivarydefensesystemaltersinvegetarian |