Atividade terapêutica de óleo essencial de limão siciliano (Citrus lemon (L) Burn): uma revisão da literatura.

Abstract

The lemon is one of the most used species of the Citrus genus around the world for its therapeutic activities. The essential oil obtained from the fruit has been used recently by the population as a complementary and integrativ therapy and has been arousing much interest in the academic community in the last decade, in the construction of scientific knowledge regarding its various properties. The present study main to analyze the published literature regarding the therapeutic activity of the species Citrus limon (L) Burn, through a type of a systematic review, the "Rapid Review" in the databases: PubMed, SciELO and LILACS, in the last decade (2011- 2021), using the descriptors "Citrus lemon", "essential oil" and "therapeutic use" together with the Boolean operator "AND", selecting a total of 4 articles that enter in the inclusion criteria. Although most researches are directed to the food industry, all selected studies showed good results in relation to antiangiogenic, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-helicobacter activity, as well as the gastroprotective action of Citrus lemon essential oil. In view of the satisfactory results achieved for the most part in vitro, the importance and need for more studies and investments to make possible the easy access and use of this product of natural origin to the population can be observed, improving adherence to therapy.