Bioactive natural compounds and antioxidant activity of essential oils from spice plants: New findings and potential applications

L Diniz do Nascimento, AA Barbosa de Moraes… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spice plants have a great influence on world history. For centuries, different civilizations
have used them to condiment the foods of kings and nobles and applied them as embalming …

Health beneficial and pharmacological properties of p-cymene

A Balahbib, N El Omari, NEL Hachlafi, F Lakhdar… - Food and Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract p-cymene also known as p-cymol or p-isopropyltoluene is an alkyl-substituted
aromatic compound naturally occurring in essential oils (EOs) of various aromatic plants …

Therapeutic potential of volatile terpenes and terpenoids from forests for inflammatory diseases

T Kim, B Song, KS Cho, IS Lee - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Forest trees are a major source of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). Terpenes
and terpenoids are known as the main BVOCs of forest aerosols. These compounds have …

Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Anti-Acetylcholinesterase, Antidiabetic, and Pharmacokinetic Properties of Carum carvi L. and Coriandrum sativum L. Essential Oils Alone …

H Hajlaoui, S Arraouadi, E Noumi, K Aouadi, M Adnan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Herbs and spices have been used since antiquity for their nutritional and health properties,
as well as in traditional remedies for the prevention and treatment of many diseases …

Update on monoterpenes as antimicrobial agents: A particular focus on p-cymene

A Marchese, CR Arciola, R Barbieri, AS Silva… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
p-Cymene [1-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-benzene] is a monoterpene found in over 100 plant
species used for medicine and food purposes. It shows a range of biological activity …

Synecology of Lagoecia cuminoides L. in Italy and evaluation of functional compounds presence in its water or hydroalcoholic extracts

EV Perrino, ZNA Mahmoud, F Valerio, V Tomaselli… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Lagoecia cuminoides L. is a very rare and threatened taxon in Italy, never studied before for
its ecology and potential use for human consumption. Furthermore, few data are available …

Dietary Dracocephalum kotschyi essential oil improved growth, haematology, immunity and resistance to Aeromonas hydrophila in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus …

H Hafsan, D Bokov, WK Abdelbasset… - Aquaculture …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, the effect of Dracocephalum kotschyi essential oil (DKE) was
investigated on growth, haematology, immune and antioxidant defence system and …

Natural monoterpenes: Much more than only a scent

KA Wojtunik‐Kulesza, K Kasprzak… - Chemistry & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Terpenes are a widespread group of secondary metabolites that can be found in various
family plants such as the Lamiaceae. In view of their numerous valuable biological activities …

Attenuation of Nrf2/Keap1/ARE in Alzheimer's disease by plant secondary metabolites: A mechanistic review

S Fakhri, M Pesce, A Patruno, SZ Moradi, A Iranpanah… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neuronal/cognitional dysfunction, leading to
disability and death. Despite advances in revealing the pathophysiological mechanisms …

Pharmacological effects of Zataria multiflora Boiss L. and its constituents focus on their anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory effects

MR Khazdair, V Ghorani, A Alavinezhad… - Fundamental & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Zataria multiflora Boiss (Z. multiflora) belongs to the Lamiaceae family is used traditionally
for culinary and medicinal purposes. Different pharmacological effects have been described …