Geraniol

  • Backbone: Monoterpene
  • Functional Group: Alcohol

Essential oils and their constituents as anticancer agents: a mechanistic view

Gautam N, Mantha AK, Mittal S BioMed Research International, 2014 ABSTRACT: Exploring natural plant products as an option to find new chemical entities as anticancer agents is one of the fastest growing areas of research. Recently, in the last decade, essential oils (EOs) have been under study for their use in cancer therapy and the… Read more »

The Effect of Citrus Essential Oils and Their Constituents on Growth of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri

Mirzaei-Najafgholi H, Tarighi S, Golmohammadi M, Taheri P Molecules, 2017 ABSTRACT: Citrus bacterial canker (CBC) caused by Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xcc), is the most devastating of the citrus diseases worldwide. During our study, we found that Essential oils (EOs) of some citrus cultivars are effective on Xcc. Therefore, it prompted us to determine the… Read more »

Geraniol improves the impaired vascular reactivity in diabetes and metabolic syndrome through calcium channel blocking effect

El-Bassossy HM, Elberry AA, Ghareib SA Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications, 2016 ABSTRACT: AIM: The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect and possible mechanism of action of geraniol on the impaired vascular reactivity of aortic rings isolated from diabetes or metabolic syndrome (MS) -induced rats. METHODS: Male Wistar rats were… Read more »

Dietary Geraniol by Oral or Enema Administration Strongly Reduces Dysbiosis and Systemic Inflammation in Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Treated Mice

Luigia De Fazio, Enzo Spisni, Elena Cavazza, Antonio Strillacci, Marco Candela, Manuela Centanni, Chiara Ricci, Fernando Rizzello, Massimo Campieri, Maria C. Valerii Frontiers in pharmacology, 2016 ABSTRACT: (Trans)-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol, commonly called geraniol (Ge-OH), is an acyclic monoterpene alcohol with well-known anti-inflammatory, antitumoral, and antimicrobial properties. It is widely used as a preservative in the food industry… Read more »