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Table 7 Volatile compounds with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities

From: Methanol extract of Dicranopteris linearis L. leaves impedes acetaminophen-induced liver intoxication partly by enhancing the endogenous antioxidant system

Volatile compound

Reported pharmacological activity/activitiesa

Phenol, 2,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)

• Anti-inflammatory [30]

2-Hexadecen-1-ol, 3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-, [R-[R*,R*-(E)]]-

• Anti-inflammatory [31]

Methyl palmitate

• Antifibrotic [32]

• Anti-inflammatory [33]

• Antioxidant [34]

Methyl 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate

• Antioxidant [35]

Gibberellin A3

• Anti-inflammatory [36]

N-Methyl-1-adamantaneacetamide

• Anti-inflammatory [37]

Shikimic acid

• Anti-inflammatory [38]

• Antioxidant [39]

  1. aPharmacological activity/activities – only reports related to the antioxidant and/or anti-inflammatory activities of the respective compounds was cited