Nicotine therapeutic benefits: Difference between revisions
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[https://revive.gardp.org/resource/antibiotic-antibacterial-and-antimicrobial/?cf=encyclopaedia Antimicrobial]: A drug, chemical or other substance that kills, inactivates or slows the growth of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. | |||
===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332220305977 Clinical implications of nicotine as an antimicrobial agent and immune modulator]=== | ===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332220305977 Clinical implications of nicotine as an antimicrobial agent and immune modulator]=== | ||
*As a follow-up to these provocative findings, future related studies should examine whether nicotine exerts its anti-microbial effects against a much broader range of indigenous microflora than has been studied so far, along with focusing on the molecular biologic mechanisms and host pathologic changes associated with nicotine-mediated killing of the oral and intestinal microflora. | *As a follow-up to these provocative findings, future related studies should examine whether nicotine exerts its anti-microbial effects against a much broader range of indigenous microflora than has been studied so far, along with focusing on the molecular biologic mechanisms and host pathologic changes associated with nicotine-mediated killing of the oral and intestinal microflora. | ||