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That is the case of the essential oils obtained from copaiba (<jats:italic>Copaifera officinalis<\/jats:italic> L.), wintergreen (<jats:italic>Gaultheria fragrantissima<\/jats:italic> Wall.), everlasting (<jats:italic>Helichrysum italicum<\/jats:italic> (Roth) G.Don) and clove (<jats:italic>Syzygium aromaticum<\/jats:italic> (L.) Merr. &amp;amp; L.M.Perry), commonly labelled as being useful on the amelioration of conditions with an inflammatory background.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> To further broaden the current knowledge on the four essential oils, commercially available samples were approached on their effects upon a series of mediators that are involved on the inflammatory and oxidative response, both through in vitro cell-free and cell-based assays (5-lipoxygenase activity, lipid peroxidation, free radical and nitric oxide radical scavenging properties or tyrosinase inhibition).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The four oils proved to be active at some of the concentrations tested in most of the performed assays. Significant differences were found between the essential oils, <jats:italic>S. aromaticum<\/jats:italic> proving to tbe the most active, followed by <jats:italic>G. fragrantissima<\/jats:italic> against 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and linoleic acid peroxidation, proving their potential use as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents. In fact, the IC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> value of <jats:italic>S. aromaticum<\/jats:italic> in the 5-LOX assay was 62.30 \u03bcg mL<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>. Besides <jats:italic>S. aromaticum<\/jats:italic> efficiently scavenged superoxide radicals generated by xanthine\/xanthine oxidase, displaying an IC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> value of 135.26 \u03bcg mL<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>. The essential oil obtained from <jats:italic>H. italicum<\/jats:italic> exhibited a significant decrease in the nitric oxide levels on BV-2 cells, showing its potential as a cytoprotective agent against toxic damage. Copaiba oil ranked first as the most potent tyrosinase inhibitor, exhibiting an IC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> 98.22 \u03bcg mL<jats:sup>\u22121<\/jats:sup>.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> More studies are needed to describe the essential oils properties, but these results confirm the potential of these essential oils as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fphar.2023.1310439","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,29]],"date-time":"2024-01-29T04:41:15Z","timestamp":1706503275000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["An integrated in vitro approach on the enzymatic and antioxidant mechanisms of four commercially available essential oils (Copaifera officinalis, Gaultheria fragrantissima, Helichrysum italicum, and Syzygium aromaticum) traditionally used topically for their anti-inflammatory effects"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Pilar","family":"Cebollada","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Nelson G. 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