The Anticancer, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of the Sesquiterpene β-Caryophyllene from the Essential Oil of Aquilaria crassna

The Anticancer, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of the Sesquiterpene β-Caryophyllene from the Essential Oil of Aquilaria crassna

The present study reports a bioassay-guided isolation of β-caryophyllene from the essential oil of Aquilaria crassna. The structure of β-caryophyllene was confirmed using FT-IR, NMR and MS. The antimicrobial effect of β-caryophyllene was examined using human pathogenic bacterial and fungal strains....

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Main Authors: Saad S. Dahham, Yasser M. Tabana, Muhammad A. Iqbal, Mohamed B. K. Ahamed, Mohammed O. Ezzat, Aman S. A. Majid, Amin M. S. A. Majid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
β-caryophyllene
anti-cancer
apoptosis
anti-clonogenic
nuclear fragmentation
colorectal cancer
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/7/11808

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