Main description:

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.

Contents:

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 Araujo Gurgel Rocha and Daniel Pereira Bezerra

Chapter 2: Essential Oils Chemistry

Monica Rocha Zuzarte and Ligia Maria Ribeiro Salgueiro

Chapter 3: Pharmacobotanical Aspects of Aromatic Plants

Ionaldo Jose Lima Diniz Basilio, Nathalia Diniz Araujo and Rafael Costa Silva

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

Chapter 5: Antitumor Essential Oils: Progress in Medicinal Chemistry

Socrates Cabral de Holanda Cavalcanti, Rafael dos Reis Barreto de Oliveira and Damiao Pergentino de Sousa

Chapter 6: Clinical Advances on Anticancer Essential Oils

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

Chapter 7: Antitumor Essential Oils

Hemerson Iury Ferreira Magalhaes and Elida Batista Vieira de Sousa

Chapter 8: Antitumor Monoterpenes

Janaina Fernandes

Chapter 9: Sesquiterpenes from Essential Oils with Promising Antitumor Properties

Fayaz Malik and Suresh Kumar

Chapter 10: Antitumor Phenylpropanoids

Miriam Teresa Paz Lopes, Dalton Dittz Junior and Fernanda de Oliveira Lemos

Chapter 11: Antitumor Essential Oils: Synergy and Chemotherapeutic Interactions

Rogerio Correa Peres, Carolina Foot Gomes de Moura, Flavia Andressa Pidone Ribeiro and Daniel Araki Ribeiro

Chapter 12: Dietary Essential Oils and Cancer chemopreventive potential

Thomas Prates Ong

Chapter 13: Cancer and aromatherapy: a view of how the use of essential oils applies to palliative care

Rita de Cassia da Silveira e Sa

Chapter 14: Perillyl Alcohol: A Pharmacotherapeutic Report

Clovis Orlando da Fonseca and Thereza Quirico-Santos

Chapter 15: Conclusion and Future Perspectives

Damiao Pergentino de Sousa