Gautam N, Mantha AK, Mittal S BioMed Research International, 2014 ABSTRACT: Exploring natural plant products as an option to find new chemical entities as anticancer agents is one of the fastest growing areas of research. Recently, in the last decade, essential oils (EOs) have been under study for their use in cancer therapy and the… Read more »
Digestive System
This system includes the mouth, teeth, tongue, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, large intestine, rectum and anus. Common disorders include GERD (acid reflux), indigestion, gut motility disorders, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease and peptic or duodenal ulcers.
Antitumor phenylpropanoids found in essential oils
Carvalho AA, Andrade LN, de Sousa ÉB, de Sousa DP Biomed Research International, 2015 ABSTRACT: The search for new bioactive substances with anticancer activity and the understanding of their mechanisms of action are high-priorities in the research effort toward more effective treatments for cancer. The phenylpropanoids are natural products found in many aromatic and medicinal… Read more »
Effects of clove essential oil and eugenol on quality and browning control of fresh-cut lettuce
Chen X, Ren L, Li M, Qian J, Fan J, Du B Food Chemistry, 2017 ABSTRACT: This study confirmed the inhibitory effects of clove essential oil (CEO) and eugenol (EUG) on the browning and relevant enzymes of fresh-cut lettuce, and examined associated mechanisms by inhibition kinetics and computational docking analysis. Fresh-cut lettuce was treated with… Read more »
Melaleuca alternifolia anthelmintic activity in gerbils experimentally infected by Haemonchus contortus
Grando TH, Baldissera MD, Gressler LT, de Sá MF, Bortoluzzi BN, Schafer AS, Ebling RC, Raffin RP, Santos RC, Stefani LM, Vaucher R, Leal ML, Monteiro SG Experimental Parasitology, 2016 ABSTRACT: Gastrointestinal parasites are one of the biggest health problems faced in sheep, mainly due to their pathogenicity and resistance to drugs used to control… Read more »
The protective effects of carvacrol and thymol against paracetamol-induced toxicity on human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines (HepG2)
Palabiyik SS, Karakus E, Halici Z, Cadirci E, Bayir Y, Ayaz G, Cinar I Human & experimental toxicology, 2016 ABSTRACT: Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose could induce liver damage and lead to acute liver failure. The treatment of APAP overdoses could be improved by new therapeutic strategies. Thymus spp., which has many beneficial effects and has been… Read more »
Repeated-doses and reproductive toxicity studies of the monoterpene 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) in Wistar rats
Caldas GF, Limeira MM, Araújo AV, Albuquerque GS, Silva-Neto JD, Silva TG, Costa-Silva JH, Menezes IR, Costa JG, Wanderley AG Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2016 ABSTRACT: 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) is widely used as an excipient in the pharmaceutical industry and as a food flavoring agent, thus providing significant potential for human exposure to the compound. We… Read more »
Effect of various essential oils isolated from Douglas fir needles upon sheep and deer rumen microbial activity
Oh HK, Sakai T, Jones MB, Longhurst WM Applied microbiology, 1967 ABSTRACT: The effects of essential oils isolated from Douglas fir needles on sheep and deer rumen microbial activity were tested by use of an anaerobic manometric technique. Rumen microorganisms were obtained from a sheep which had been fed mainly on alfalfa hay and dried… Read more »
Chemistry and Pharmacology of Citrus sinensis
Favela-Hernández JM, González-Santiago O, Ramírez-Cabrera MA, Esquivel-Ferriño PC, Camacho-Corona Mdel R Molecules, 2016 ABSTRACT: Presently the search for new drugs from natural resources is of growing interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Natural products have been the source of new drugs since ancient times. Plants are a good source of secondary metabolites which have been found… Read more »
Ocimum basilicum: Antibacterial activity and association study with antibiotics against bacteria of clinical importance
Araújo SV, Pereira SJ, de Luna FPH, Fernanda RFA, Douglas MCH, Beuttenmuller NAL, Oliveira LE Pharmaceutical biology, 2016 ABSTRACT: Ocimum basilicum: Antibacterial activity and association study with antibiotics against bacteria of clinical importance. – PubMed – NCBI CONTEXT: Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae), popularly known as basil, is part of a group of medicinal plants widely… Read more »
Anethole restores delayed gastric emptying and impaired gastric accommodation in rodents
Asano T, Aida S, Suemasu S, Mizushima T Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2016 ABSTRACT: Functional dyspepsia (FD), a functional gastrointestinal disorder, is characterized by persistent or recurrent postprandial upper abdominal discomfort and epigastric pain. The high prevalence of FD and associated healthcare costs suggests that treatment of this condition by methods other than prescribed… Read more »