Ogur Recai
Department of Public Health, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
J Intercult Ethnopharmacol. 2014 Oct-Dec;3(4):135-7. doi: 10.5455/jice.20140803044831. Epub 2014 Aug 3.
Myrtus communis (MC) L. is a well-known Mediterranean plant with important cultural significance in this region. In ancient times, MC was accepted as a symbol of immortality. Maybe due to this belief, it is used during cemetery visits in some regions. Although it is a well-known plant in cosmetics, and there is a lot of studies about its different medical properties, anticancer studies performed using its different extracts or oils are not so much, but increasing. We collected these anticancer property-related studies in this review.
香桃木（Myrtus communis，MC）是一种著名的地中海植物，在该地区具有重要的文化意义。在古代，香桃木被视为不朽的象征。也许正是由于这种信仰，在一些地区，人们在扫墓时会用到它。尽管它在化妆品领域是一种知名植物，并且有许多关于其不同药用特性的研究，但使用其不同提取物或油进行的抗癌研究并不多，但正在增加。在这篇综述中，我们收集了这些与抗癌特性相关的研究。
