Anticancer activity of essential oils and their chemical components - A review

American Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 591-607

  Bayala, Bagora ^a,c,d,e,f   Bassole, Imael H N ^a   Scifo, Riccardo ^c,d,e,f   Gnoula, Charlemagne ^a   Morel, Laurent ^c,d,e,f   Lobaccaro, Jean Marc A ^c,d,e,f   Simpore, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b Gynecology Service of Saint Camille Hospital of Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Chemical composition; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

AFROSTYRAX LEPIDOPHYLLUS ESSENTIAL OIL; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES ESSENTIAL OIL; AROMATIC COMPOUND; ARTEMISIA CAMPESTRIS ESSENTIAL OIL; ATHANASIA BROWNII ESSENTIAL OIL; BOSWELLIA SACRA ESSENTIAL OIL; C6 CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS ESSENTIAL OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FURANODIENE; GERANIOL; GUATTERIA POGONOPUS ESSENTIAL OIL; HYPERICUM HIRCINUM ESSENTIAL OIL; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA ESSENTIAL OIL; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA ESSENTIAL OIL; PACLITAXEL; PINUS WALLICHIANA ESSENTIAL OIL; SCORODO PHLOEUS ZENKERI ESSENTIAL OIL; SOLANIUM SPIRALE ESSENTIAL OIL; SOLANUM ERIANTHUM ESSENTIAL OIL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; THYME OIL; THYMOQUINONE; THYMUS CITRIODORUS ESSENTIAL OIL; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS ESSENTIAL OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLOPIA FRUTESCENS ESSENTIAL OIL; ZANTHOXYLUM TINGUASSUIBA ESSENTIAL OIL;

AFROSTYRAX LEPIDOPHYLLUS; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CAMPESTRIS; ATHANASIA BROWNII; BONE CANCER; BOSWELLIA SACRA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLON CANCER; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GUATTERIA; GUATTERIA POGONOPUS; HUMAN; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM HIRCINUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PINE; PINUS WALLICHIANA; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SCORODO PHLOEUS ZENKERI; SKIN CANCER; SOLANIUM SPIRALE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM ERIANTHUM; THYMUS; THYMUS CITRIODORUS; TRIDAX PROCUMBENS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA FRUTESCENS; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM TINGUASSUIBA;

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