Table 1.
Preclinical anticancer activity of essential oils from medicinal plants commonly used in Traditional Korean Medicine.
| Family | Scientific Name | Tumor (Cancer Cell Lines) | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaryllidaceae | Allium sativum L. | Human breast, colon, lung, skin and liver cancers | [246] |
| Burseraceae |
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr. |
Human colon carcinoma (HCT116) | [247] |
| Compositae | Artemisia capillaris Thunb. | Human oral epidermal carcinoma (KB) | [95] |
| Artemisia iwayomogi Kitam. | Human oral epidermal carcinoma (KB) | [248] | |
| Artemisia lavandulaefolia Nakai | Human cervix adenocarcinoma (HeLa) | [249] | |
| Pinaceae | Pinus koraiensis Siebold & Zucc. | Human colon carcinoma (HCT116) | [93] |
| Solanaceae | Solanum nigrum L. | Liver, mammary, uterine cervix and gastric cancers | [250] |
| Solanum spirale Roxb. | Human breast (MCF-7) and small cell lung (NCI-H187) cancers, human oral epidermal carcinoma (KB) | [251,252] | |
| Solanum stipulaceum Roem. & Schult | Human acute promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) and acute monocytic leukemia (THP-1) | [253] | |
| Solanum erianthum D. Don | Human breast carcinoma (Hs 578T) and prostate carcinoma (PC-3) | [254] | |
| Solanum macranthum Dunal | Human breast carcinoma (Hs 578T) and prostate carcinoma (PC-3) | [254] | |
| Verbenaceae | Vitex rotundifolia L.f. | Breast cancer (MCF-7) | [255] |
| Zingiberaceae | Curcuma longa L. | Human oral epidermal carcinoma (KB), murine leukemia (P388), leukemia (HL-60, K-562 and L1210) | [256,257,258,259] |
| Curcuma zedoaria Roxb. | Mouse melanoma (B16BL6), human hepatoma (SMMC-7721), non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) | [91,260] | |
|
Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen & C.Ling |
Cervical, liver (HepG2), lung and gastric (AGS and MGC 803) cancers | [261,262,263] |