Biotechnology - Sciene

 In an attempt to treat infection of mice skin using ethanolic extract of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) callus cultures. Several experiments were carried out. Callus was induced on leaf explants and maintained for 30 days on Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l of benzyl adenine and 2.0 mg/l of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.  Water and ethanolic extracts of R. officinalis leaves and callus cultures were investigated for their antimicrobial activity.

Periodontal diseases are initiated by microbial plaque, which accumulates in the sulcular region and induces an inflammatory response. Recently, studies found that periodontitis might be related to several systemic diseases especially diabetes mellitus. In recent years, there has been intense interest in the role of the adipose tissue derived substances that named adipokines in the inflammatory diseases of the human being including the inflammatory periodontitis.