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Biological Properties of a Citral-Enriched Fraction of Citrus limon Essential Oil

Chiara ZichittellaValeria CorleoneVincenza TinnirelloStefania RaimondoMarta MoschettiGioacchino AielloSimona FontanaMarzia PucciRiccardo AlessandroAlice Conigliaro

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Health (social science)OrganolepticFraction (chemistry)InflammationPlant Sciencelcsh:Chemical technologyCitralmedicine.disease_causeHealth Professions (miscellaneous)Microbiologyessential oillaw.invention03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineNutraceuticalSettore BIO/13 - Biologia Applicatalawmedicineoxidative stresslcsh:TP1-1185Food sciencecitralEssential oil030304 developmental biologynutraceuticalsCitrus limon (L.) Osbeck0303 health sciencesChemistryGlutathione<i>Citrus limon</i> (L.) Osbeckinflammation030220 oncology & carcinogenesisnutraceuticalmedicine.symptomOxidative stressFood Science

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Lemon essential oil (LEO) is a well-known flavoring agent with versatile biological activities. In the present study, we have isolated and characterized four citral-enriched fractions of winter LEO. We reported that in murine and human macrophages the pre-treatment with a mix of these fractions (Cfr-LEO) reduces the expression of the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-&alpha

https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9091290