Plant essential oils as healthy functional ingredients of nutraceuticals and diet supplements: A review

R Matera, E Lucchi, L Valgimigli - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) are mixtures of volatile molecules endowed with health-promoting
biological activities that go beyond their role as aromas and natural preservatives and can …

An Update on the Therapeutic Anticancer Potential of Ocimum sanctum L.: “Elixir of Life”

MR Hasan, BS Alotaibi, ZM Althafar, AH Mujamammi… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In most cases, cancer develops due to abnormal cell growth and subsequent tumour
formation. Due to significant constraints with current treatments, natural compounds are …

Food flavor enhancement, preservation, and bio-functionality of ginger (Zingiber officinale): a review

T Laelago Ersedo, TA Teka… - … Journal of Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is a spice widely used across the world due to its nutritional and
bio-functional properties. This review presents the various uses of ginger for maintaining …

Insights into the chemical composition of Ocimum forskaolii and O. americanum essential oils and their phytotoxicity

AM Abd-ElGawad, AA Al-Namazi… - Journal of Essential …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The essential oils (EOs) of numerous Ocimum species are well-known. The EOs of O.
forskaolii and O. americanum growing naturally in Saudi Arabia are compared chemically in …

Post-distillation by-products of aromatic plants from Lamiaceae family as rich sources of antioxidants and enzyme inhibitors

SV Luca, G Zengin, KI Sinan, K Skalicka-Woźniak… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is currently no use for the vast quantities of post-distillation by-products, such as spent
plant materials and residual waters, produced by the essential oil (EO) industry of aromatic …

Essential Oils of Ocimum basilicum L. and Ocimum americanum L. from Djibouti: Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxicity Evaluations

F Mohamed Abdoul-Latif, A Elmi, A Merito, M Nour… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ocimum plants are of great interest to traditional medicine in the history of several
civilizations, particularly in terms of chronic human diseases. Essential oils obtained from …

[HTML][HTML] Physio-morphological trait and bioactive constituents of Ocimum species under drought stress

SM Mulugeta, S Sárosi, P Radácsi - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
The genus Ocimum, which belongs to the Lamiaceae family, encompasses a wide variety of
herbs and shrubs, with over 60 species originating from tropical regions. These plants are …

Essential oils from Colombian plants: Antiviral potential against dengue virus based on chemical composition, in vitro and in silico analyses

L Silva-Trujillo, E Quintero-Rueda, EE Stashenko… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Currently, there are no therapies to prevent severe dengue disease. Essential oils (EOs) can
serve as primary sources for research and the discovery of phytomedicines for alternative …

Comprehensive Metabolomic Fingerprinting Combined with Chemometrics Identifies Species- and Variety-Specific Variation of Medicinal Herbs: An Ocimum Study

AK Rai, S Khan, A Kumar, BK Dubey, RK Lal, A Tiwari… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Identification of plant species is a crucial process in natural products. Ocimum, often referred
to as the queen of herbs, is one of the most versatile and globally used medicinal herbs for …

Phenotypic Variations and Bioactive Constituents among Selected Ocimum Species

SM Mulugeta, Z Pluhár, P Radácsi - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Basil (Ocimum species) represents an extraordinary group of aromatic plants that have
gained considerable economic importance, primarily due to their essential oils, which have …