@article{jfnr2017576,
author={{Al-Hajj, Nabil Qaid M. and MN, Algabr and Omar, Khamis Ali and Wang, Hongxin},
title={Anticancer, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oils of Some Aromatic Medicinal Plants (<i>Pulicaria</i> <i>inuloides</i>-Asteraceae)},
journal={Journal of Food and Nutrition Research},
volume={5},
number={7},
pages={490--495},
year={2017},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfnr/5/7/6},
issn={2333-1240},
abstract={<b>Purpose:</b><i><b> </b></i>To determine the anticancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of <i>Pulicaria inuloides </i>essential oil (PiEO). <b>Methods:</b> 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol- 2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) was used to assess cytotoxic activity. Steam distillation of the aerial parts of <i>P. inuloides</i> was performed using a Clevenger apparatus. Antioxidant activities were determined by using 2, 2-diphenyl-1,1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Disc diffusion and microtiter broth microdilution assays were employed to determine antimicrobial activity. <b>Results:</b> PiEO inhibited six tested strains of <i>Listeria</i> with minimum inhibitory concentrations of 5.49 ¦Ìg/mL against <i>L. monocytogenes, L. innocua, </i>and<i> L. ivanovii</i>;<i> </i>6.24<i> </i>¦Ìg/mL against<i> L. welshimeri,</i> and<i> L. grayi</i>;<i> </i>and<i> </i>11.55 ¦Ìg/mL against <i>L. seeligeri</i>.<i> </i>PiEO also possessed more efficient free radical scavenging activities than butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). PiEO possessed significant anticancer properties, indicated by growth inhibition and changes in the morphological structure of MCF-7 cancer cells treated with PiEO.},
doi={10.12691/jfnr-5-7-6}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}