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背景:精油是从植物中提取的低分子量化合物的复杂混合物。它们的主要成分是萜类和苯基丙烷类化合物,它们与它们的生物学和药物特性有关,如杀虫、抗菌、抗氧化、抗炎、镇痛、抗癌药、抗癌和抗肿瘤等。癌症是一种复杂的遗传病,被认为是全世界严重的公共卫生问题,每年造成800多万人死亡。目的:探讨不同类型癌症的防治活动及精油的药用潜力。结论:多种植物精油具有抗肿瘤、抑癌作用。它们可以作为传统抗癌疗法的替代或补充.虽然许多研究报告了精油化合物的可能作用机制,但为了在癌症治疗中安全和适当地应用它们,还需要更多的研究。
关键词: 抗肿瘤药,天然产物,次生代谢物,萜类,苯基丙氨酸,精油。
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Current Cancer Drug Targets
Title:Anticancer Properties of Essential Oils: An Overview
Volume: 18 Issue: 10
关键词: 抗肿瘤药,天然产物,次生代谢物,萜类,苯基丙氨酸,精油。
摘要: Background: Essential oils are complex mixtures of low molecular weight compounds extracted from plants. Their main constituents are terpenes and phenylpropanoids, which are responsible for their biological and pharmaceutical properties, such as insecticidal, parasiticidal, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antinociceptive, anticarcinogenic, and antitumor properties. Cancer is a complex genetic disease considered as a serious public health problem worldwide, accounting for more than 8 million deaths annually.
Objective: The activities of prevention and treatment of different types of cancer and the medicinal potential of essential oils are addressed in this review.
Conclusion: Several studies have demonstrated anti-carcinogenic and antitumor activity for many essential oils obtained from various plant species. They may be used as a substitution to or in addition to conventional anti-cancer therapy. Although many studies report possible mechanisms of action for essential oils compounds, more studies are necessary in order to apply them safely and appropriately in cancer therapy.
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Anticancer Properties of Essential Oils: An Overview, Current Cancer Drug Targets 2018; 18 (10) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009618666180102105843
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009618666180102105843 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-5576 |
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