Atividade anticâncer do óleo essencial de Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. e Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck e suas nanoemulsões

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X87996

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Células, Compostos químicos, Radicais livres

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Este artigo apresenta a composição química, atividade antioxidante e anticâncer in vitro do óleo essencial de Citrus sinensis e Citrus limon e suas nanoemulsões (NOEs). Folhas de C. sinensis e cascas de C. limon foram coletadas no estado do Maranhão e seus óleos essenciais foram extraídos por hidrodestilação. Os compostos presentes nos OEs e NOEs foram identificados e quantificados por CG-EM. As NOEs foram formuladas por método de inversão de fases. A atividade antioxidante foi executada pelos ensaios de eliminação de radiciais ABTS, DPPH, superóxido, peroxido de hidrogênio e hidroxila. A atividade anticâncer in vitro foi avaliada frente a células de tecido: cólon, pulmão, fígado, colo do útero, próstata, oral e neuroblastoma. No OE de C. sinensis foi identificado o limoneno como composto majoritário e no OE de C. limon também através do ensaio de CG-EM. As NOEs de C. sinensis e C. limon obtidas foram estáveis, respectivamente, com tamanho de gota de 69,12; 71,66 nm, potencial zeta -20,11; -21,55 mV, índice de polidispersão de 0,26; 0,28 e pH 4,88; 4,12. Os OEs e NEOs apresentaram atividade antioxidante forte com IC50 variando de 6,23 a 159,02 µg/mL. Eles também apresentaram atividade citotóxica significativa frente a todas as linhagens celulares utilizadas no estudo, sendo os maiores efeitos frente a linhagem celular 502713 (cólon), IMR-32 (neuroblastoma), Hep-2 (fígado) e SiHa (colo do útero) com valores de IC50 de 1,59; 1,75; 1,91 e 2,54 μg/mL, respectivamente. Estas descobertas sugerem que os OEs e NEOs de C. sinensis e C. limon podem ser alternativas para terapias inovadoras.

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Gustavo Oliveira Everton, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Mestrado em Saúde e Ambiente pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão.

Brendha Araújo de Sousa, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Especialização em Meio Ambiente e Sustentabilidade pelo Centro Universitário Leonardo da Vinci.

Victor Elias Mouchrek Filho, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Doutorado em Química pela Universidade de São Paulo (2000).

Odair dos Santos Monteiro, Universidade Federal do Maranhão

Pós-Doutorado em química Orgânica pela Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). 

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2025-04-17

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Everton, G. O., Sousa, B. A. de, Mouchrek Filho, V. E., & Monteiro, O. dos S. (2025). Atividade anticâncer do óleo essencial de Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. e Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck e suas nanoemulsões. Ciência E Natura, 47, e87996. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X87996

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