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Review

The Wonderful Activities of the Genus Mentha: Not Only Antioxidant Properties

by
Majid Tafrihi
1,
Muhammad Imran
2,
Tabussam Tufail
2,
Tanweer Aslam Gondal
3,
Gianluca Caruso
4,*,
Somesh Sharma
5,
Ruchi Sharma
5,
Maria Atanassova
6,*,
Lyubomir Atanassov
7,
Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou
8,9,* and
Raffaele Pezzani
10,11,*
1
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar 4741695447, Iran
2
University Institute of Diet and Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
3
School of Exercise and Nutrition, Deakin University, Victoria 3125, Australia
4
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici (Naples), Italy
5
School of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan 173229, India
6
Scientific Consulting, Chemical Engineering, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1734 Sofia, Bulgaria
7
Saint Petersburg University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
8
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Bamenda, Bamenda BP 39, Cameroon
9
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé, NgoaEkelle, Annex Fac. Sci., Yaounde 812, Cameroon
10
Phytotherapy LAB (PhT-LAB), Endocrinology Unit, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Via Ospedale 105, 35128 Padova, Italy
11
AIROB, Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Oncologica di Base, 35128 Padova, Italy
 
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Molecules 2021, 26(4), 1118; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26041118
Submission received: 19 January 2021 / Revised: 11 February 2021 / Accepted: 16 February 2021 / Published: 20 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity of Extracts from Different Natural Plants)
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Abstract

Medicinal plants and their derived compounds have drawn the attention of researchers due to their considerable impact on human health. Among medicinal plants, mint (Mentha species) exhibits multiple health beneficial properties, such as prevention from cancer development and anti-obesity, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, and cardioprotective effects, as a result of its antioxidant potential, combined with low toxicity and high efficacy. Mentha species are widely used in savory dishes, food, beverages, and confectionary products. Phytochemicals derived from mint also showed anticancer activity against different types of human cancers such as cervix, lung, breast and many others. Mint essential oils show a great cytotoxicity potential, by modulating MAPK and PI3k/Akt pathways; they also induce apoptosis, suppress invasion and migration potential of cancer cells lines along with cell cycle arrest, upregulation of Bax and p53 genes, modulation of TNF, IL-6, IFN-γ, IL-8, and induction of senescence phenotype. Essential oils from mint have also been found to exert antibacterial activities against Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and many others. The current review highlights the antimicrobial role of mint-derived compounds and essential oils with a special emphasis on anticancer activities, clinical data and adverse effects displayed by such versatile plants.
Keywords: mint; Mentha, phytochemicals; essential oils; anticancer; antimicrobial mint; Mentha, phytochemicals; essential oils; anticancer; antimicrobial
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Tafrihi, M.; Imran, M.; Tufail, T.; Gondal, T.A.; Caruso, G.; Sharma, S.; Sharma, R.; Atanassova, M.; Atanassov, L.; Valere Tsouh Fokou, P.; et al. The Wonderful Activities of the Genus Mentha: Not Only Antioxidant Properties. Molecules 2021, 26, 1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26041118

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Tafrihi M, Imran M, Tufail T, Gondal TA, Caruso G, Sharma S, Sharma R, Atanassova M, Atanassov L, Valere Tsouh Fokou P, et al. The Wonderful Activities of the Genus Mentha: Not Only Antioxidant Properties. Molecules. 2021; 26(4):1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26041118

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Tafrihi, Majid, Muhammad Imran, Tabussam Tufail, Tanweer Aslam Gondal, Gianluca Caruso, Somesh Sharma, Ruchi Sharma, Maria Atanassova, Lyubomir Atanassov, Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou, and et al. 2021. "The Wonderful Activities of the Genus Mentha: Not Only Antioxidant Properties" Molecules 26, no. 4: 1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26041118

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Tafrihi, M., Imran, M., Tufail, T., Gondal, T. A., Caruso, G., Sharma, S., Sharma, R., Atanassova, M., Atanassov, L., Valere Tsouh Fokou, P., & Pezzani, R. (2021). The Wonderful Activities of the Genus Mentha: Not Only Antioxidant Properties. Molecules, 26(4), 1118. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26041118

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