Bioactive Essential Oils and Cancer

by Damião Pergentino de Sousa (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319349022
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	10/22/2016
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Damião Pergentino de Sousa is Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University, Paraiba, Brazil. He received his Master's degree in Natural Products (Pharmacology and Chemistry) from the Federal University of Paraíba. He received his PhD (in Organic Chemistry) from the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil. His current research is mainly focused on the medicinal chemistry studies applied to natural products and synthetic derivatives with potential therapeutic use. Professor de Sousa is a member of the editorial board and reviewer of several international journals with a broad range of scientific fields, such as natural products, organic synthesis, pharmacology, and biotechnology. He is also a consultant of funding agencies of scientific research and has scientific collaboration with several research groups throughout the world. He has published extensively in the field of natural products.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Principles of cancer pathogenesis and therapy: a brief overview.- Chapter 2: Essential Oils Chemistry.- Chapter 3: Pharmacobotanical Aspects of Aromatic Plants.- Chapter 4: Essential oils as Raw Materials in the Synthesis of Anticancer Drugs.- Chapter 5: Antitumor Essential Oils: Progress in Medicinal Chemistry.- Chapter 6: Clinical Advances on Anticancer Essential Oils.- Chapter 7: Antitumor Essential Oils.- Chapter 8: Antitumor Monoterpenes.- Chapter 9: Sesquiterpenes from Essential Oils with Promising Antitumor Properties.- Chapter 10: Antitumor Phenylpropanoids.- Chapter 11: Antitumor Essential Oils: Synergy and Chemotherapeutic Interactions.- Chapter 12: Dietary Essential Oils and Cancer chemopreventive potential.- Chapter 13: Cancer and aromatherapy: a view of how the use of essential oils applies to palliative care.- Chapter 14: Perillyl Alcohol: A Pharmacotherapeutic Report.- Chapter 15: Conclusion and Future Perspectives.

Editorial Reviews

The book is devoted to use of bioactive essential oils in treating or preventing cancer. … This book is dedicated to professionals and researchers in the field of life sciences, biotechnology, and drug discovery. It could help the readers to appreciate the importance of natural products as health-promoting resources and generate a discussion on new approaches in cancer therapy.” (Darina Slamenova, Neoplasma, Vol. 63 (3), 2016)

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