Essential Oils for Anti-cancer:
The following essential oils contain anticancer properties:
Cancer is the second largest single cause of death claiming over six million lives worldwide every year. As such plant essential oils are currently receiving renewed interest for their therapeutic anticancer properties. Over five hundred papers have been published on anticancer activity of essential oils. Over a hundred essential oils from more than twenty plant families have been tested on more than twenty types of cancers in last past ten years. In fact the effects of essential oils has been investigated on glioblastoma, melanoma, leukemia and oral cancers, as well as on bone, breast, cervix, colon, kidney, liver, lung, ovary, pancreas, prostate, and uterus cancers.
The following are a few essential oil bearing plants studied for anticancer potential:
- Frankincense (Boswellia sacra) extracts were shown to be cytotoxic to three breast cancer cell lines at varying concentrations
- Essential oil extracts from Amomum tsaoko exhibited cytotoxicity towards various human cancer cell lines, including liver cancer, cervical cancer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and prostate cancer.
- Salvia officinalis L. has been studied for it's potential in human melanoma cell lines
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Agarwood Crasna (OUD)
(Aquilaria crassna)
Aroma Description: Bitter-sweet woody with animalic notes and a leather character.
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Agarwood Subintegra
(Aquilaria subintegra)
Aroma Description: Deep, woody, earthy, musky-warm/animalic-like aroma with hints of deep cherry cola and vanilla.
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Clove
(Syzygium aromaticum)
Aroma Description: Rich, spicy, sweet, soft, warming yet slightly bitter. It is also slightly woody in character and is reminiscent in aroma to that of true clove buds but is of course much stronger in aroma.
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Dalmatian Sage
(Salvia officinalis)
Aroma Description: Dalmatian Sage Essential Oil smells herbaceous, fruity, fresh and camphorous.
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Fir Balsam - Canada
(Abies balsamea)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Coniferous, Fresh, Piney, Warm, Woody
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Katrafay
(Cedrelopsis grevei)
Aroma Description: Has a sharp green, moss scent. Definitely a fresh green grassy slight cucumber scent
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Marjoram
(Origanum majorana)
Aroma Description: Herbaceous, sweet, woody and has an underlying delicate floral note.
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Mastic
(Pistacia lentiscus)
Aroma Description: Balsamic, Earthy, Herbaceous, Pungent, Resinous, Rich, Slightly bitter, Slightly musky, Slightly spicy, Strong, Warm, Woody
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Pink Peppercorn
(Schinus molle)
Aroma Description: Pink Peppercorn Essential Oil smells crisp, fresh and peppery.
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Tea Tree
(Melaleuca alternifolia)
Aroma Description: Medicinal, fresh, woody, earthy and herbaceous.
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Thyme
(Thymus vulgaris)
Aroma Description: Cool, fresh, lemony, slightly citrus, slightly floral, soft, herbaceous and slightly medicinal
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White Verbena
(Lippia alba)
Aroma Description: Pleasant, slightly floral, citrusly, and astringent aroma