Piceatannol Increases Antioxidant Defense and Reduces Cell Death in Human Periodontal Ligament Fibroblast under Oxidative Stress

• Main Authors: Flávia Póvoa da Costa (Author), Bruna Puty (Author), Lygia S. Nogueira (Author), Geovanni Pereira Mitre (Author), Sávio Monteiro dos Santos (Author), Bruno José Brito Teixeira (Author), Maria Sueli da Silva Kataoka (Author), Manoela Domingues Martins (Author), Carlos Augusto Galvão Barboza (Author), Marta Chagas Monteiro (Author), Hervé Rogez (Author), Edivaldo Herculano Corrêa de Oliveira (Author), Rafael Rodrigues Lima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Piceatannol is a resveratrol metabolite that is considered a potent antioxidant and cytoprotector because of its high capacity to chelate/sequester reactive oxygen species. In pathogenesis of periodontal diseases, the imbalance of reactive oxygen species is closely related to the disorder in the cel...