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Anti-oxidant, Anti-inflammatory and Anti-proliferative Activities of Moroccan Commercial Essential Oils
- Source :
- Natural Product Communications. 9:1934578X1400900
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2014.
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Abstract
- Essential oils (EO) possess antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, insect repellent, anti-cancer, and antioxidant properties, among others. In the present work, the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative activities of Moroccan commercial EOs (Citrus aurantium, C. Union, Cupressus sempervirens, Eucalyptus globulus, Foeniculum vulgare and Thymus vulgaris) were evaluated and compared with their main constituents. T. vulgaris EO showed the best free radicals scavenging capacity. This EO was also the most effective against lipid peroxidation along with C. limon and F. vulgare EOs. C. sempervirens EO was the most effective in scavenging NO free radicals, whereas C. limon EO showed the best chelating power. Not all of the major compounds of the EO were responsible for the whole activity of the EOs. T. vulgaris EO showed the best anti-proliferative activity against THP-1 cells in contrast to that of F. vulgare. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of the EOs were plant species dependent and not always attributable to the EOs main components. Nevertheless, the EOs anti-proliferative activities were more related to their main components, as with T. vulgaris, C. limon, E. globulus and C. sempervirens.
- Subjects :
- Pharmacology
Antioxidant
biology
Foeniculum
Traditional medicine
medicine.drug_class
medicine.medical_treatment
Thymus vulgaris
Plant Science
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Antimicrobial
Anti-inflammatory
Lipid peroxidation
chemistry.chemical_compound
Complementary and alternative medicine
chemistry
Cupressus sempervirens
Eucalyptus globulus
Drug Discovery
medicine
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15559475 and 1934578X
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Natural Product Communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6e4851f9db51737f014e349fdf2d6be4