Essential oils and their individual components in cosmetic products

E Guzmán, A Lucia - Cosmetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current consumer demands together with the international regulations have pushed the
cosmetic industry to seek new active ingredients from natural renewable sources for …

Formononetin: a review of its anticancer potentials and mechanisms

KC Tay, LTH Tan, CK Chan, SL Hong… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer, a complex yet common disease, is caused by uncontrolled cell division and
abnormal cell growth due to a variety of gene mutations. Seeking effective treatments for …

Nerolidol: a sesquiterpene alcohol with multi-faceted pharmacological and biological activities

WK Chan, LTH Tan, KG Chan, LH Lee, BH Goh - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Nerolidol (3, 7, 11-trimethyl-1, 6, 10-dodecatrien-3-ol) is a naturally occurring sesquiterpene
alcohol that is present in various plants with a floral odor. It is synthesized as an intermediate …

Nanoparticles—Attractive carriers of antimicrobial essential oils

A Nair, R Mallya, V Suvarna, TA Khan, M Momin… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microbial pathogens are the most prevalent cause of chronic infections and fatalities around
the world. Antimicrobial agents including antibiotics have been frequently utilized in the …

Exploring the Leaves of Annona muricata L. as a Source of Potential Anti-inflammatory and Anticancer Agents

SM Abdul Wahab, I Jantan, MA Haque… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The use of anti-inflammatory natural products to treat inflammatory disorders for cancer
prevention and therapy is an appealing area of interest in the last decades. Annona …

Insecticidal Activity of 28 Essential Oils and a Commercial Product Containing Cinnamomum cassia Bark Essential Oil against Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky

Y Yang, MB Isman, JH Tak - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Maize weevils, Sitophilus zeamais, are stored product pests mostly found in warm and
humid regions around the globe. In the present study, acute toxicity via contact and residual …

Exploring pharmacological mechanisms of essential oils on the central nervous system

GAB Soares, T Bhattacharya, T Chakrabarti, P Tagde… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) have been traditionally used as ancient remedies to treat many health
disorders due to their enormous biological activities. As mainstream allopathic medication …

Golden needle mushroom: a culinary medicine with evidenced-based biological activities and health promoting properties

C Tang, PCX Hoo, LTH Tan, P Pusparajah… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Flammulina velutipes (enoki, velvet shank, golden needle mushroom or winter mushroom),
one of the main edible mushrooms on the market, has long been recognized for its …

Resveratrol—potential antibacterial agent against foodborne pathogens

DSL Ma, LTH Tan, KG Chan, WH Yap… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial foodborne pathogens are a significant health burden and the recent emergence of
pathogenic resistant strains due to the excessive use of antibiotics makes it more difficult to …

The effects of essential oils and terpenes in relation to their routes of intake and application

S Koyama, T Heinbockel - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Essential oils have been used in multiple ways, ie, inhaling, topically applying on the skin,
and drinking. Thus, there are three major routes of intake or application involved: the …