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EFFECTIVE ROLE OF HONEY BEE PRODUCT PROPOLIS IN ORAL CAVITY WITH EMPHASIS ON RECURRENT APTHOUS STOMATITIS
Divya Pandya* and Soumik Roy
ABSTRACT
The health industry has always used natural products as an alternative, to the conventional allopathic formulations. Over the last few decades, worldwide increase in the use of natural products for pharmacological purposes has been observed. Propolis is a resinous yellow brown to dark brown substance that honey bees collect from tree buds, sap flows, shrubs or other botanical sources to seal up their hives. The main pharmacologically active constituents present in propolis are flavonoids, phenolics and other various aromatic compounds which are well known plant compounds that have antibactetial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Currently beneficial role of propolis in dentistry has also been elucidated specifically in cariology, periodontics and many more. This review highlights the potential benefits of bee propolis in oral cavity with main emphasis in management of recurrent apthous stomatitis as an adjuvant therapy.
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