Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) affects on average 1 in 700 live births and is considered to be the most common congenital craniofacial birth defect (Setó-Salvia and Stanier 2014). It results from a failure in the lip buds ...

Daucus carota ssp. carota, known as wild carrot, is a member of the family Umbelliferae (Apiacae), and commonly used in the folklore medicine in Lebanon to treat several diseases including cancer. Its oil extract and ...

Flaxseeds have recently become a main food on the “superfoods” list. They contain many different compounds that make them beneficial for human health. The most abundant plant lignan ingested through flax, secoisolariciresinol ...

Experimental studies showed that phytochemicals from Brassicaceae Cruciferae vegetables possess anticarcinogenic properties. This association is attributed to glucosinolates molecules, mainly isothiocyanates and indoles ...

During embryogenesis, orofacial development takes place whereby cells migrate to their intended destinations to form the face of the fetus. Sometimes, cells of the palatal shelves and the lip buds do not properly migrate, ...