Phytochemical Name : Schinus molle essential oil

Properties Information
PhytoCAT-ID PhytoCAT-731
Phytochemical name or plant extracts Schinus molle essential oil
PMID 19023816
Literature evidence Chemical composition of Schinus molle essential oil and its cytotoxic activity on tumour cell lines.
IUPAC name NA
Phytochemicals’ class or type of plant extracts Essential oil
Source of phytochemicals or plant Extracts Schinus molle
Geographical availability Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Chile North, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Plant parts Leaves
Other cancers Breast cancer, Leukemia
Target gene or protein NA
Gene or Protein evidence NA
Target pathways NA
IC50 The antioxidant activity showed an IC(50) of 36.3 μg mL(-1).
Potency The essential oil did not induce significant necrosis up to 200 microg mL(-1), which together with the former results indicate that apoptosis is the main mechanism of toxicity induced by S. molle essential oil in this cell line.
Cell line/ mice model EMT-6, K562
Additional information  In conclusion, the essential oil tested was weak antioxidant and induced cytotoxicity in different cell types by a mechanism related to apoptosis.
PubChem ID NA
Additional PMIDs NA
Additional sources of information https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71044-1
Safety NA