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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 17, Pages 1641-1649Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.994213
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Cedronella canariensis var; canariensis; Lamiaceae; essential oil; antioxidant; cytotoxicity
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Cedronella canariensis is a lemon-scented species of the family Lamiaceae endemic to the Canary Islands where it is used in the traditional medicine to prepare infusions or inhalations for anti-catarrhal, tonic, diuretic, hypoglycaemiant, hypotensive, anti-inflammatory and decongestant of the respiratory tract. In this work we investigated for the first time the antioxidant activity of the essential oil and its inhibitory effects on tumour cells (A375, MDA-MB-231, HCT 116) proliferation by DPPH, ABTS, FRAP and MTT assays, respectively. The oil, analysed by GC-ionisation flame detector and GC-MS, was characterised by pinocarvone (58.0%) and -pinene (10.8%) as the major constituents, being typical of the chemotype canariensis'. Noteworthy was the cytotoxic activity of the oil against the tumour cells examined, with IC50 values of 4.3, 7.3 and 11.4g/mL on A375, MDA-MB-231 and HCT 116 tumour cells, respectively, as well as the scavenging activity against the ABTS radical (IC50 of 10.5g/mL).
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