Human Adenocarcinoma Cell Line Sensitivity to Essential Oil Phytocomplexes from Pistacia Species: a Multivariate Approach

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Buriani A, Fortinguerra S, Sorrenti V, Dall’Acqua S, Innocenti G, Montopoli M, Gabbia D, Carrara M Molecules, 2017 ABSTRACT: Principal component analysis (PCA) multivariate analysis was applied to study the cytotoxic activity of essential oils from various species of the Pistacia genus on human tumor cell lines. In particular, the cytotoxic activity of essential oils obtained from P…. Read more »

The Effects of Selected Sesquiterpenes from Myrica rubra Essential Oil on the Efficacy of Doxorubicin in Sensitive and Resistant Cancer Cell Lines

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Ambrož M, Matoušková P, Skarka A, Zajdlová M, Žáková K, Skálová L Molecules, 2017 ABSTRACT: β-caryophyllene oxide (CAO), α-humulene (HUM), trans-nerolidol (NER) and valencene (VAL) are constituents of the essential oil of Myrica rubra (MEO), which has significant antiproliferative effect in various cancer cell lines. In the present study, we compared the antiproliferative effect of… Read more »

Terpene arms race in the Seiridium cardinale – Cupressus sempervirens pathosystem

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Ander Achotegui-Castells, Gianni Della Rocca,  Joan Llusià, Roberto Danti, Sara Barberini, Mabrouk Bouneb, Sauro Simoni, Marco Michelozzi, Josep Peñuelas Scientific Reports, 2016 ABSTRACT: The canker-causing fungus Seiridium cardinale is the major threat to Cupressus sempervirens worldwide. We investigated the production of terpenes by canker-resistant and susceptible cypresses inoculated with S. cardinale, the effect of these… Read more »