[HTML][HTML] Essential oils as anticancer agents: Potential role in malignancies, drug delivery mechanisms, and immune system enhancement

M Sharma, K Grewal, R Jandrotia, DR Batish… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer retains a central place in fatality rates among the wide variety of diseases known
world over, and the conventional synthetic medicaments, albeit used until now, produce …

Phytochemical constituents, biological activities, and health‐promoting effects of the genus Origanum

M Sharifi‐Rad, Y Berkay Yılmaz, G Antika… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Origanum species are mostly distributed around the Mediterranean, Euro‐Siberian, and Iran‐
Siberian regions. Since time immemorial, the genus has popularly been used in Southern …

Biological activity of essential oils

F Mancianti, VV Ebani - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) have for a long time been recognized to possess several different
biological activities. Several among these secondary plant metabolites exhibit marked …

Biogenic selenium nanoparticles produced by Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393 inhibit colon cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo

K Spyridopoulou, E Tryfonopoulou, G Aindelis… - Nanoscale …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Selenium compounds exhibit excellent anticancer properties but have a narrow therapeutic
window. Selenium nanoparticles, however, are less toxic compared to other selenium forms …

Terpenoids as important bioactive constituents of essential oils

FFY Stephane, BKJ Jules - Essential oils-bioactive compounds …, 2020 - books.google.com
Plant and plant-derived natural products have a long and significant history in traditional
medicine all over the world. Many studies in the recent past years focused on the benefic …

(+)-Limonene 1, 2-epoxide-loaded slns: Evaluation of drug release, antioxidant activity, and cytotoxicity in an HaCaT cell line

EB Souto, A Zielinska, SB Souto, A Durazzo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, we developed a solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN) formulation with (+)-limonene 1, 2-
epoxide and glycerol monostearate (Lim-SLNs), stabilized with Poloxamer® 188 in aqueous …

Natural essential oils as a new therapeutic tool in colorectal cancer

S Garzoli, P Alarcón-Zapata, G Seitimova… - Cancer Cell …, 2022 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most revalent type of cancer in the world and the
second most common cause of cancer death (about 1 million per year). Historically, natural …

Pinus mugo Essential Oil Impairs STAT3 Activation through Oxidative Stress and Induces Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells

MA Thalappil, E Butturini, A Carcereri de Prati, I Bettin… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) and their components have been reported to possess anticancer
properties and to increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy. The aim of this …

Interactions between natural products—A review

N Rajčević, D Bukvički, T Dodoš, PD Marin - Metabolites, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant-based natural products have been used as a source for therapeutics since the dawn of
civilization. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 80% of the …

Anticancer activity of essential oils and other extracts from aromatic plants grown in Greece

E Fitsiou, A Pappa - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aromatic plants have a long and significant history in the traditional medicine of many
countries. Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in investigating the biological properties …