(2017) Biological activities of essential oils: From plant chemoecology to traditional healing systems. Molecules. ISSN 14203049 (ISSN)
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Abstract
Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular trichomes and other secretory structures, specialized secretory tissues mainly diffused onto the surface of plant organs, particularly flowers and leaves, thus exerting a pivotal ecological role in plant. In addition, essential oils have been used, since ancient times, in many different traditional healing systems all over the world, because of their biological activities. Many preclinical studies have documented antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities of essential oils in a number of cell and animal models, also elucidating their mechanism of action and pharmacological targets, though the paucity of in human studies limits the potential of essential oils as effective and safe phytotherapeutic agents. More well-designed clinical trials are needed in order to ascertain the real efficacy and safety of these plant products. © 2017 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | antiinfective agent antiinflammatory agent antioxidant essential oil vegetable oil chemistry drug effects flower human wound healing Anti-Infective Agents Anti-Inflammatory Agents Antioxidants Flowers Humans Oils, Volatile Plant Oils |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Molecules |
Volume: | 22 |
Number: | 1 |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/molecules22010070 |
ISSN: | 14203049 (ISSN) |
Depositing User: | مهندس مهدی شریفی |
URI: | http://eprints.zbmu.ac.ir/id/eprint/3113 |
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