[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 …

Biological activities of essential oils: From plant chemoecology to traditional healing systems

J Sharifi-Rad, A Sureda, GC Tenore, M Daglia… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives
arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular …

Nano-drug delivery systems entrap** natural bioactive compounds for cancer: recent progress and future challenges

VP Chavda, AB Patel, KJ Mistry, SF Suthar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a prominent cause of mortality globally, and it becomes fatal and incurable if it is
delayed in diagnosis. Chemotherapy is a type of treatment that is used to eliminate …

The progress of essential oils as potential therapeutic agents: A review

S Baptista-Silva, S Borges, OL Ramos… - Journal of Essential …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Essential oils are products obtained from plants, by steam distillation, mechanical processes
of citrus fruit epicarp, or dry distillation after separation of the aqueous phase by physical …

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 …

Cytotoxicity screening of Thymus vulgaris L. essential oil in brine shrimp nauplii and cancer cell lines

H Niksic, F Becic, E Koric, I Gusic, E Omeragic… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Among natural products, essential oils from aromatic plants have been reported to possess
potent anticancer properties. In this work, we aimed to perform the cytotoxic concentration …

An overview of the biological effects of some mediterranean essential oils on human health

HS Elshafie, I Camele - BioMed research international, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Essential oils (EOs), extracted from aromatic plants, are interesting natural products and
represent an important part of the traditional pharmacopeia. The use of some EOs as …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic effects of plant derivatives and conventional chemotherapeutic agents: an update on the cancer perspective

R Pezzani, B Salehi, S Vitalini, M Iriti, FA Zuñiga… - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Synergy is a process in which some substances cooperate to reach a combined effect that is
greater than the sum of their separate effects. It can be considered a natural “straight” …

[HTML][HTML] Mentha piperita: Essential Oil and Extracts, Their Biological Activities, and Perspectives on the Development of New Medicinal and Cosmetic Products

N Hudz, L Kobylinska, K Pokajewicz… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review aims to analyze Mentha piperita L. as a potential raw material for the
development of new health-promoting products (nutraceuticals, cosmetics, and …

Drug delivery of natural products through nanocarriers for effective breast cancer therapy: A comprehensive review of literature

KM Yap, M Sekar, S Fuloria, YS Wu… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer (BC), it remains a
global health issue affecting millions of women annually. Poor prognosis in BC patients is …