Lemongrass essential oil components with antimicrobial and anticancer activities

M Mukarram, S Choudhary, MA Khan, P Poltronieri… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The prominent cultivation of lemongrass (Cymbopogon spp.) relies on the pharmacological
incentives of its essential oil. Lemongrass essential oil (LEO) carries a significant amount of …

Anticancer properties of essential oils and other natural products

K Blowman, M Magalhães, MFL Lemos… - Evidence‐Based …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Essential oils are secondary metabolites with a key‐role in plants protection, consisting
primarily of terpenes with a volatile nature and a diverse array of chemical structures …

Terpenes/Terpenoids in Cannabis: Are They Important?

LO Hanuš, Y Hod - Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids, 2020 - karger.com
Cannabis sativa plant has not only cannabinoids as crucial compounds but also the other
compounds that play important role as synergistic and/or entourage compound …

ALDH as a stem cell marker in solid tumors

ME Toledo-Guzmán, MI Hernández… - Current stem cell …, 2019 - benthamdirect.com
Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) is an enzyme that participates in important cellular
mechanisms as aldehyde detoxification and retinoic acid synthesis; moreover, ALDH activity …

Terpenoids, Cannabimimetic Ligands, beyond the Cannabis Plant

ECD Gonçalves, GM Baldasso, MA Bicca, RS Paes… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Medicinal use of Cannabis sativa L. has an extensive history and it was essential in the
discovery of phytocannabinoids, including the Cannabis major psychoactive compound—Δ9 …

Antioxidant and anticancer activities of essential oil from Gannan navel orange peel

C Yang, H Chen, H Chen, B Zhong, X Luo, J Chun - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
China is one of the leading producers of citrus in the world. Gannan in Jiangxi Province is
the top navel orange producing area in China. In the present study, an essential oil was …

Lipid metabolism and lipid droplets in pancreatic cancer and stellate cells

Y Sunami, A Rebelo, J Kleeff - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is projected to become the second deadliest
cancer by 2030, and the overall 5-year survival rate is currently less than 7%. Cancer cells …

Review of anticancer activity of monoterpenoids: Geraniol, nerol, geranial and neral

GS e Silva, JN de Jesus Marques, EPM Linhares… - Chemico-biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years head-to-tail monoterpene geraniol has been widely explored as a potential
anticancer agent. Natural analogs like alcohol nerol, aldehydes geranial, and neral have …

A narrative review of the antitumor activity of monoterpenes from essential oils: An update

TQ Machado, ACC Da Fonseca… - BioMed research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Monoterpenes are a group of natural products that have been widely studied due to their
therapeutic potential against various pathologies. These compounds are abundant in the …

Exploring the potent anticancer activity of essential oils and their bioactive compounds: Mechanisms and prospects for future cancer therapy

F Mohamed Abdoul-Latif, A Ainane… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, affecting millions of people each
year. Fortunately, the last decades have been marked by considerable advances in the field …