Abstract
Rosemary leaves have potent antioxidant activity. They have been widely used as a spice and an antioxidant in food processing. Rosemary inhibits skin, colon, and mammary carcinogenesis. Rosemary, and its constituents carnosic acid and carnosol, inhibit B[a]P-induced increases in cytochrome P4501A1 activity and induce increases in the detoxification enzymes glutathione S-transferase and NADPH quinone oxidoreductase activity. Carnosol also inhibits the growth and the synthesis of DNA and RNA in human leukemia HL-60 cells in a dose dependent manner.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 153-161 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | ACS Symposium Series |
| Volume | 702 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)