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Suppression of allergic and inflammatory responses by essential oils derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits

  • Authors:
    • Mai Mitoshi
    • Isoko Kuriyama
    • Hiroto Nakayama
    • Hironari Miyazato
    • Keiichiro Sugimoto
    • Yuko Kobayashi
    • Tomoko Jippo
    • Kouji Kuramochi
    • Hiromi Yoshida
    • Yoshiyuki Mizushina
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    Affiliations: Laboratory of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Nutrition, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Hyogo 651‑2180, Japan, Research and Development Center, Nagaoka Perfumery Co., Ltd., Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0005, Japan, Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life Sciences, Senri Kinran University, Suita, Osaka 565‑0873, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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    Published online on: March 31, 2014
       https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1720
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the biological activity of 20 essential oils (EOs) derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits. The in vitro anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory activities of these oils were investigated, and the EO which was found to have the strongest activity of the 20 EOs examined, was investigated further to identify its components and bioactive compounds. The in vitro anti-allergic activity was determined by measuring the release of β-hexosaminidase from rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells treated with the calcium ionophore, A23187. The in vitro anti-inflammatory activity was determined by measuring the production of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in RAW264.7 murine macrophages treated with lipopolysaccharide. Among the EOs examined, lemongrass [Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf] elicited the strongest anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory effects. A principal component of this EO is citral (3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-al) (74.5%), a mixture of the stereoisomers, geranial (trans‑citral, 40.16%) and neral (cis-citral, 34.24%), as determined by chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. The activities of citral and geranial are similar to those of lemongrass EO. These compounds elicited significant in vivo anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory effects, suppressing an immunoglobulin E (IgE)-induced passive cutaneous anaphylactic reaction in mice and a 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced inflammatory mouse ear edema, respectively. Our data demonstrate that lemongrass EO and its constituents, citral and geranial, may be a therapeutic candidate for allergic and inflammatory diseases.
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Mitoshi, M., Kuriyama, I., Nakayama, H., Miyazato, H., Sugimoto, K., Kobayashi, Y. ... Mizushina, Y. (2014). Suppression of allergic and inflammatory responses by essential oils derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 33, 1643-1651. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1720
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Mitoshi, M., Kuriyama, I., Nakayama, H., Miyazato, H., Sugimoto, K., Kobayashi, Y., Jippo, T., Kuramochi, K., Yoshida, H., Mizushina, Y."Suppression of allergic and inflammatory responses by essential oils derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 33.6 (2014): 1643-1651.
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Mitoshi, M., Kuriyama, I., Nakayama, H., Miyazato, H., Sugimoto, K., Kobayashi, Y., Jippo, T., Kuramochi, K., Yoshida, H., Mizushina, Y."Suppression of allergic and inflammatory responses by essential oils derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 33, no. 6 (2014): 1643-1651. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1720
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Mitoshi, M., Kuriyama, I., Nakayama, H., Miyazato, H., Sugimoto, K., Kobayashi, Y. ... Mizushina, Y. (2014). Suppression of allergic and inflammatory responses by essential oils derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 33, 1643-1651. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1720
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Mitoshi, M., Kuriyama, I., Nakayama, H., Miyazato, H., Sugimoto, K., Kobayashi, Y., Jippo, T., Kuramochi, K., Yoshida, H., Mizushina, Y."Suppression of allergic and inflammatory responses by essential oils derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 33.6 (2014): 1643-1651.
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Mitoshi, M., Kuriyama, I., Nakayama, H., Miyazato, H., Sugimoto, K., Kobayashi, Y., Jippo, T., Kuramochi, K., Yoshida, H., Mizushina, Y."Suppression of allergic and inflammatory responses by essential oils derived from herbal plants and citrus fruits". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 33, no. 6 (2014): 1643-1651. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2014.1720
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