Bisabolene is a sesquiterpene and can be extracted fromoregano and other aromatic plants. It may be a potential anticancer agent that can induce apoptosis in A549 cancer cell line.
ChEBI: A beta-bisabolene which has (1S)-configuration.
The first study seemed that β-bisabolene had promising activities against 4T1 mammarytumor cells in vitro and transplanted in mice (Krifa et al. 2016).
β-Bisabolene is effective in reducing the growth of transplanted 4T1 mammary tumoursin vivo(37.5% reduction in volume by endpoint)[1].
