Citrus Lemon essential oil has the potential to be used as a safe cell-depended anticancer agent for human lung cancer.

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J Microencapsul. 2020 May 13:1-24. Epub 2020 May 13. PMID: 32400238

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essential oil nanoemulsion (CLEO-NE), a safe cell-depended apoptosis inducer in human A549 lung cancer cells with anti-angiogenic activity.

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essential oil (CLEO) has been introduced as a strong antioxidant mixture. However, it is not efficient enough due to its hydrophobic nature. Nanoemulsions improve the drugs' bio-compatibility in aqueous conditions.The CLEO nanoemulsion (CLEO-NE) was formulated by ultrasound-based-emulsification and they were characterized. The anti-angiogenic and antioxidant activities were studied by the chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) and antioxidant (ABTS and DPPH) assays, respectively. Finally, the apoptotic property of CLEO-NE on both HFF and A549 was evaluated by [3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide] (MTT) assay and Real time-PCR (measuring Cas-3 gene expression).The 30.2-nm CLEO-NE droplets significantly increased Cas-3 in A549 cells and decreased angiogenesis in chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (p

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