Therapeutic Potential of Essential Oils Focusing on Diterpenes.

Md Torequl Islam, Ana Maria Oliveira Ferreira da Mata, Raí Pablo Sousa de Aguiar, Marcia Fernanda Correia Jardim Paz, Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Barros de Alencar, Paulo Michel Pinheiro Ferreira, Ana Amélia de Carvalho Melo-Cavalcante

Journal: Phytotherapy research : PTR 2017;30(9):1420-44

PMID: 27307034

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Abstract

Among all plant derivates, essential oils (EOs) have gained the attention of many scientists. Diterpenes, a family of components present in some EO, are becoming a milestone in the EOs world. The goal of this review is to describe a scenario of diterpenes taking into health-consumption deportment. Previous studies revealed that diterpenes have antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiviral, antiprotozoal, cytotoxic, anticancer, antigenotoxic, antimutagenic, chemopreventive, antiinflammatory, antinociceptive, immunostimulatory, organoprotective, antidiabetic, lipid-lowering, antiallergic, antiplatelet, antithrombotic, and antitoxin activities. In conclusion, diterpenes may be an immense featuring concern in pharmaceutical consumption from a drug discovery point of view. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Address: Northeast Biotechnology Network (RENORBIO), Post-graduation Program in Biotechnology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, 64.049-550, Brazil.; Post-graduation Program in Pharmaceutical Science, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, 64.049-550, Brazil.; Department of Pharmacy, Southern University Bangladesh, 22-Shahid Mirza Lane (E), Academic Building-II, 1st floor, 739/A, Mehedibag Road, Mehedibag-4000, Chittagong, Bangladesh.; Department of Biophysics and Physiology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, 64.049-550, Brazil.

DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5652

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MeSH Terms: Anti-Infective Agents, Antioxidants, Biological Products, Diterpenes, Humans, Oils, Volatile, Plant Oils