👥 Project Team
- Shivani Dnyanoba Chate (Leader)
🎓 College Name
- Terna Dental College Nerul Navi Mumbai
💡 Problem Statement
- India has one-third population of oral cancer patients worldwide and also Endo-Perio diseases are common in India which are difficult to treat and have expensive costs.
🎯 Project Objectives
- To determine antibacterial efficiency of standard extract of Broccoli & Kale against common Endo-Perio pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and Tanerella forsythia.
- To determine anticancer efficiency of standardized extract of Broccoli and Kale against Oral cancer KB cell line and its anti-proliferative property against L929 normal human fibroblast.
🌟 Project Results
- Extracts of Broccoli and Kale can be used as a controlled delivery mechanism.
- It has potential to be least cytotoxic as compared to the traditional medications available.
- Anticancer treatment can be made easily accessible due to the indigenous nature and high thrust potential of broccoli and kale.
- Establishment of novel drug delivery system carrying same formulation for use of oral pre-cancer/ cancer treatment in the form of a buccal patch/ buccal band-aid/ use of transformeres for targeted and novel drug delivery.
🏆 Awards and recognition
- Shivani was awarded by ICMR for her research work.
- She was offered a short-term studentship programme under ICMR by Department of Public Health for her research work.
👨🎓 About Shivani Chate
- Shivani Chate hails from Latur in Maharashtra,and later, she went to Terna Dental College in Navi Mumbai to pursue dentistry.
- Currently,she is working on a research project under health department in the field of dentistry.
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