Geraniol is an acyclic monoterpenoid compound,which exists widely in aromatic plants.Geraniol has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.Recently,it has been found that geraniol has a strong effect on improving i...Geraniol is an acyclic monoterpenoid compound,which exists widely in aromatic plants.Geraniol has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.Recently,it has been found that geraniol has a strong effect on improving immune function and anti-tumor.Many experimental evidences support that geraniol has a good effect on the treatment or prevention of different types of tumors,such as breast cancer,lung cancer,liver cancer,pancreatic cancer,colon cancer,prostate cancer,etc.it also has a synergistic anti-cancer effect with many anti-cancer drugs,revealing the mechanism of its more complex anti-tumor pharmacological action System.In this review,we summarized a variety of anti-cancer signaling pathways and targets.Geraniol is considered to be a safe,effective and promising multi-target anti-cancer drug,which is expected to become an important force in the anti-cancer of traditional Chinese medicine.展开更多
文摘Geraniol is an acyclic monoterpenoid compound,which exists widely in aromatic plants.Geraniol has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.Recently,it has been found that geraniol has a strong effect on improving immune function and anti-tumor.Many experimental evidences support that geraniol has a good effect on the treatment or prevention of different types of tumors,such as breast cancer,lung cancer,liver cancer,pancreatic cancer,colon cancer,prostate cancer,etc.it also has a synergistic anti-cancer effect with many anti-cancer drugs,revealing the mechanism of its more complex anti-tumor pharmacological action System.In this review,we summarized a variety of anti-cancer signaling pathways and targets.Geraniol is considered to be a safe,effective and promising multi-target anti-cancer drug,which is expected to become an important force in the anti-cancer of traditional Chinese medicine.
