Studies with Myrtus communis L.: Anticancer properties

Myrtus communis (MC) L. is a well-known Mediterranean plant with important cultural significance in this region. In ancient times, MC was accepted as a symbol of immortality. Maybe due to this belief, it is used during cemetery visits in some regions. Although it is a well-known plant in cosmetics,...

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Autor principal: Ogur, Recai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGEYA 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4576805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401362
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/jice.20140803044831
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description Myrtus communis (MC) L. is a well-known Mediterranean plant with important cultural significance in this region. In ancient times, MC was accepted as a symbol of immortality. Maybe due to this belief, it is used during cemetery visits in some regions. Although it is a well-known plant in cosmetics, and there is a lot of studies about its different medical properties, anticancer studies performed using its different extracts or oils are not so much, but increasing. We collected these anticancer property-related studies in this review.
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spelling pubmed-45768052015-09-23 Studies with Myrtus communis L.: Anticancer properties Ogur, Recai J Intercult Ethnopharmacol Review Article Myrtus communis (MC) L. is a well-known Mediterranean plant with important cultural significance in this region. In ancient times, MC was accepted as a symbol of immortality. Maybe due to this belief, it is used during cemetery visits in some regions. Although it is a well-known plant in cosmetics, and there is a lot of studies about its different medical properties, anticancer studies performed using its different extracts or oils are not so much, but increasing. We collected these anticancer property-related studies in this review. SAGEYA 2014-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4576805/ /pubmed/26401362 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/jice.20140803044831 Text en Copyright: © SAGEYA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, noncommercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4576805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26401362
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/jice.20140803044831
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