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ReviewBiomedicines2024

Essential Oils: Chemistry and Pharmacological Activities-Part II.

Damião Pergentino de Sousa, Francisco de Assis Oliveira, Daniel Dias Rufino Arcanjo, Diogo Vilar da Fonsêca, Allana Brunna S Duarte, Celma de Oliveira Barbosa, Thomas Prates Ong, Timothy John Brocksom

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Review in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Essential Oils: Chemistry and Mechanisms of Anticonvulsant Action.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Research Progress on Flowering Period of Hemp.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  5. TargetingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Ethnopharmacology ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Damião Pergentino de SousaLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7180-4896
Francisco de Assis OliveiraMedicinal Plants Research Center, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3995-7614
Daniel Dias Rufino ArcanjoLAFMOL-Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Studies in Physiopharmacology, Department of Biophysics and Physiology, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7021-2744
Diogo Vilar da FonsêcaCollegiate of Medicine, Federal University of São Francisco Valley, Bahia 48607-190, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7869-7061
Allana Brunna S DuarteLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa 58051-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6192-3691
Celma de Oliveira BarbosaLAFMOL-Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Studies in Physiopharmacology, Department of Biophysics and Physiology, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8700-9010
Thomas Prates OngDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.
Timothy John BrocksomDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos 13565-905, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The importance of essential oils and their components in the industrial sector is attributed to their chemical characteristics and their application in the development of products in the areas of cosmetology, food, and pharmaceuticals. However, the pharmacological properties of this class of natural products have been extensively investigated and indicate their applicability for obtaining new drugs. Therefore, this review discusses the use of these oils as starting materials to synthesize more complex molecules and products with greater commercial value and clinic potential. Furthermore, the antiulcer, cardiovascular, and antidiabetic mechanisms of action are discussed. The main mechanistic aspects of the chemopreventive properties of oils against cancer are also presented. The data highlight essential oils and their derivatives as a strategic chemical group in the search for effective therapeutic agents against various diseases.

Indexed as

antidiabetesantiulcercancer chemopreventivecardiovascularessential oilmedicinal plantsmetabolitesnatural productsorganic synthesisvolatiles

Identifiers

PMID38927394
PMCPMC11200837

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