Manzuoerh R, Farahpour MR, Oryan A, Sonboli A Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2019 ABSTRACT: Medicinal plants are conventionally used for wound healing, but their action mechanisms are still unknown. The present study evaluated the effect of topical administration of ointment containing dill (Anethum graveolens) essential oil (DEO) in the management of apoptosis and cell proliferation during… Read more »
Potential role of natural compounds as anti-angiogenic agents in cancer
Shanmugam MK, Warrier S, Kumar AP, Sethi G, Arfuso F Current Vascular Pharmacology, 2017 ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Neovascularization, also known as angiogenesis, is the process of capillary sprouting from pre-existing blood vessels. This physiological process is a hallmark event in normal embryonic development as blood vessels generally supply both oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the body. Any disruption… Read more »
Essential oils and their constituents as anticancer agents: a mechanistic view
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 »