Marrelli Mariangela, Amodeo Valentina, Perri Maria Rosaria, Conforti Filomena, Statti Giancarlo
Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.
Plants (Basel). 2020 Sep 23;9(10):1252. doi: 10.3390/plants9101252.
Essential oils (EOs) are known to possess a number of beneficial properties. Their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, and cancer-preventing activities have been extensively reported. Due to their wide use as food preservers and additives, as well as their use in agriculture, perfumes, and make-up products, these complex mixtures of volatile compounds have gained importance from a commercial point of view, not only in the pharmaceutical industry, but also in agronomic, food, cosmetic, and perfume industries. An analysis of the recent scientific literature allowed us to highlight the presence of an increasing number of studies on the potential antiarthritic properties of EOs and their main constituents, which seems to suggest a new interesting potential therapeutic application. The aim of this review is to examine the current knowledge on the beneficial effects of essential oils in the treatment of arthritic diseases, providing an overview of the reports on the in vivo and in vitro effects of EOs. Furthermore, this review critically examines the recent findings on the potential roles of the main components of EOs in the exerted beneficial effects. Obtained negative results are also reported.
精油（EOs）具有多种有益特性。其抗菌、抗炎、抗氧化、抗糖尿病和防癌活性已被广泛报道。由于它们被广泛用作食品防腐剂和添加剂，以及用于农业、香水和化妆品中，这些挥发性化合物的复杂混合物不仅在制药行业，而且在农艺、食品、化妆品和香水行业，从商业角度来看都变得越来越重要。对近期科学文献的分析使我们能够突出越来越多关于精油及其主要成分潜在抗关节炎特性的研究，这似乎暗示了一种新的有趣的潜在治疗应用。本综述的目的是审视目前关于精油在治疗关节炎疾病方面有益作用的知识，概述关于精油体内和体外作用的报告。此外，本综述批判性地研究了精油主要成分在发挥有益作用方面潜在作用的最新发现。还报告了获得的负面结果。
