Biological Activities of Essential Oils: From Plant Chemoecology to Traditional Healing Systems

Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Sureda, Antoni; Tenore, Gian; Daglia, Maria; Sharifi-Rad, Mehdi; Valussi, Marco; Tundis, Rosa; Sharifi-Rad, Marzieh; Loizzo, Monica; Ademiluyi, Adedayo; Sharifi-Rad, Razieh; Ayatollahi, Seyed; Iriti, Marcello

doi:10.3390/molecules22010070

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Biological Activities of Essential Oils: From Plant Chemoecology to Traditional Healing Systems

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Javad Sharifi-Rad

Antoni Sureda

Gian Tenore

Abstract

Essential oils are complex mixtures of hydrocarbons and their oxygenated derivatives arising from two different isoprenoid pathways. Essential oils are produced by glandular trichomes and other secretory structures, specialized secretory tissues mainly diffused onto the surface of plant organs, part...

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