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  • Inventi:hhm/17289/15
    Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of the Essential Oils from Thymbra capitata and Thymus\nSpecies Grown in Portugal
    01-Jan-1970 Research 2015 : October - December
    Maria Graca Miguel, Custodia Gago, Maria Dulce Antunes, Cristina Megias, Isabel Cortes-Giraldo, Javier Vioque, A Sofia Lima, A Cristina Figueiredo

    The antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of the essential oils fromThymbra capitata and Thymus species grown in Portugal\nwere evaluated.Thymbra and Thymus essential oils were grouped into two clusters: Cluster I in which carvacrol, thymol, p-cymene,\n?-terpineol, and Y-terpinene dominated and Cluster II in which thymol and carvacrol were absent and the main constituent was\nlinalool.The ability for scavenging ABTS?+ and peroxyl free radicals as well as for preventing the growth of THP-1 leukemia cells\nwas better in essential oils with the highest contents of thymol and carvacrol. These results show the importance of these two\nterpene-phenolic compounds as antioxidants and cytotoxic agents against THP-1 cells.

    How to Cite this Article
    CC Compliant Citation: Maria Graça Miguel, Custódia Gago, Maria\nDulce Antunes, et al., â??Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities\nof the Essential Oils from Thymbra capitata and Thymus Species\nGrown in Portugal,â? Evidence-Based Complementary and\nAlternative Medicine, vol. 2015, Article ID 851721, 8 pages, 2015.\ndoi:10.1155/2015/851721, http://creativecommons.org/\nlicenses/by/3.0/.
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