A review: Biological activity of myrtenal and some myrtenal-containing medicinal plant essential oils

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Myrtenal, a component of many plants' essential oils, is a bicyclic monoterpenoid. Numerous effects of myrtenal in experimental animals have been found-bronchodilatory, anti-inflammato-ry, anti-aggregative and antihemolytic (in vitro), and antibacterial. Its other activities have been studied-antioxidant, antitumor, antihyperglycemic, vasodilating, heart rate reducing and hypotensive. Myrtenal is relatively little studied in the field of neuroscience.