Bioactive Essential Oils and Cancer [Paperback]

This volume provides a general overview of the therapeutic potential of the essential oils in cancer and highlights some promising future directions. It integrates chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine while discussing bioactive essential oils in experimental models and clinical studies of cancer. The book is a valuable resource for all engaged in the study of natural products and their synthetic derivatives, particularly for those interested in academic research and pharmaceutical and food industries dedicated in the discovery of useful agents for the therapy or prevention of cancer.

Acknowledgements

Preface

Dedication

List of Contributors

Chapter 1: Principles of cancer pathogenesis and therapy: a brief overview

Rosane Borges Dias, Ludmila de Faro Valverde, Clarissa Ara?jo Gurgel Rocha and Daniel Pereira Bezerra

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Chapter 2: Essential Oils Chemistry

M?nica Rocha Zuzarte and L?gia Maria Ribeiro Salgueiro

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Chapter 3: Pharmacobotanical Aspects of Aromatic Plants

Ionaldo Jos? Lima Diniz Bas?lio, Nathalia Diniz Araujo and Rafael Costa Silva

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Chapter 4: Essential oils as Raw Materials in the Synthesis of Anticancer Drugs

Timothy John Brocksom, Kleber Thiago de Oliveira, Marco Antonio Barbosa Ferreira and Bruno Moraes Servilha

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Chapter 5: Antitumor Essential Oils: Progress in Medicinal Chemistry

S?crates Cabral de Holanda Cavalcanti, Rafael dos Reis Barreto de Oliveira and Dami?o Pergentino de Sousa

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Chapter 6: Clinical Advances on Anticancer Essential Oils

Ammad Ahmad Farooqi, Rubina Sohail, Sundas Fayyaz, Iryna Shatynska-Mytsyk

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