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Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of the Essential Oils fromThymbra capitataandThymusSpecies Grown in Portugal

Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of the essential oils from Thymbra capitata and Thymus species grown in Portugal were evaluated. Thymbra and Thymus essential oils were grouped into two clusters: Cluster I in which carvacrol, thymol, p-cymene, α-terpineol, and γ-terpinene dominated and Cluster II in which thymol and carvacrol were absent and the main constituent was linalool. The ability for scavenging ABTS(•+) and peroxyl free radicals as well as for preventing the growth of THP-1 leukemia cells was better in essential oils with the highest contents of thymol and carvacrol. These results show the importance of these two terpene-phenolic compounds as antioxidants and cytotoxic agents against THP-1 cells.
DOI: 10.1155/2015/851721
Authors: Maria Graça Miguel, Custódia Gago, Maria Dulce Antunes, Cristina Megías, Isabel Cortés-Giraldo, Javier Vioque, A. Sofia Lima, A. Cristina Figueiredo
Institutions: University of Algarve, Instituto de la Grasa, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, University of Lisbon, Universidade Politécnica de Bragança, Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Centro de Investigação de Montanha
Language: English
Subfield: Food Science
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,550
OpenAlex ID: W2171250381
FWCI: 4.458
Cites: 21
Cited by: 41
Related to: 10