Abstract
Since ancient times, plants have been used to preserve food, or for their health properties. Essential oils are complex mixtures of volatile compounds that are obtained from botanical material, specifically from aromatic plants. Lamiaceae is one of the most important families in the production of essential oils, as it has both antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. The essential oils of Mentha (the Lamiaceae family) have been extensively studied for their biological actions. In this review, we report the antioxidant, antifungal, antibiofilm, and cytotoxic properties of Mentha spp. essential oils. The first objective is to provide comprehensive information about the use of essential oils in the treatment of fungal infections, or as antioxidants and integrative anticancer therapy. The second is to explore the evidence supporting its effectiveness in treating diseases without causing any serious adverse reactions.
Highlights
Plant essential oils (EOs) are produced predominantly using steam distillation, but can be generated using fermentation, crushing, extraction, hydrolysis, and airing [1]
Mentha is a well-known genus that includes 25–30 species that are plantsgenerally that exhibit important biological activities and have high morphological variability a great grown in temperate areas around the world, in Europe, North
Spagnoletti et al [46] reported the antifungal activity of M. suaveolens EO against Candida spp., with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging from 760 μg/mL to1560 μg/mL
Summary
Plant essential oils (EOs) are produced predominantly using steam distillation, but can be generated using fermentation, crushing, extraction, hydrolysis, and airing [1]. In this family, Mentha is a well-known genus that includes 25–30 species that are generally grown in temperate the world, in Europe, Northbelong. In this family, Mentha is a well-known genus that includes 25–30 species that are plantsgenerally that exhibit important biological activities and have high morphological variability a great grown in temperate areas around the world, in Europe, North. The main constituents of the show the presence of menthol, menthone, limonene, isomenthone, menthyl acetate, carvone, β-pinene, most commonly used Mentha EOs revealed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Studies that alreadyThe been carried out with Mentha have shown antimicrobial activity related to some species of and this cytotoxic genus. Chemical structures of the main components of Mentha spp. essential oils (EOs)
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