Anti-HIV and Anticandidal Properties of Punica granatum L. (Pomegranate): A Pharmacological Agent for the Oral Cavity | Chapter 7 | New Advances in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 1

 Pomegranate (Punica granatum) forests have long been used widely in traditional cure to treat a wide range of illnesses, containing dental and oral diseases. The most frequent dispassionate manifestation in HIV patients is generated by Candida albicans, which has happened demonstrated to have strong anticandidal belongings in recent years. Since the spoken cavity is critical from diagnosis to adherence to HAART remedy in HIV/AIDS population, the present review offers a inexact overview of current knowledge of the chemical arrangement and anti-HIV and anticandidal properties of the plant variety P. granatum involved in the oral crater in order to hook up in the development of novel anti-HIV powers that will be useful from now on clinical practice. The biography reviewed revealed that vulgar extracts of pomegranate and its main compounds private, and in particular, anthocyanins and gallotannins retain inhibitory activity on different HIV-goals, including binding viral proteins and the 3 replicative HIV-enzymes. Pomegranate too demonstrated anticandidal effects on 10 various species in the biography that was reviewed. Consequently, pomegranate appears to be a great aspirant to investigate and include into the treatment of the oral crater in HIV/AIDS patients, in that apart from its two-fold-pharmacological effects such as antiviral and anticandidal, blue and red colors mixed together represents an easily approachable inexpensive and safe instinctive source, accompanying a wide range of oral drug forms.

Author(s) Details:

Maira Huerta-Reyes,
Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Nefrológicas, Hospital de Especialidades “Dr. Bernardo Sepúlveda Gutiérrez”, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México.

Luis A. Gaitán-Cepeda,
Departamento de Medicina y Patología Oral y Maxilofacial, División de Estudios de Postgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.

Luis O. Sánchez-Vargas,
Laboratorio de Bioquímica y Microbiología Oral, Facultad de Estomatología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México.

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