Eugenol Effects & Benefits

Introduction of Eugenol

Eugenol is an organic compound found in many plants and enriched in their essential oils, such as laurel oil. It has a long-lasting aroma and is often used as a spice in soap. It is a colorless to pale yellow oily liquid extracted from certain essential oils especially in clove oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, basil and bay leaf. It is present in concentrations of 80-90% in clove bud oil and 82-88% in clove leaf oil. The aroma of cloves mainly comes from the eugenol in it. As the main component of clove oil, it has mild anesthesia and disinfection effects. It is often formulated with other drugs to make indirect pulp capping agent, root canal filling agent or temporary cement.

Eugenol Effects & Benefits

1. Analgesic effect

Low doses of eugenol can inhibit the activity of peripheral nerves, produce local analgesia and anesthesia, but high doses can cause coma. Eugenol can significantly inhibit the production of prostaglandins, and eugenol exerts analgesic activity through inhibiting the production of prostaglandins.

2. Anesthesia

Aquatic product anesthesia: Eugenol is widely used in long-distance transport of fish because of its relatively low price and much lower residue than conventional fish anesthetics. Local anesthesia: As a herbal anesthetic, eugenol is widely used in local nerve anesthesia.

3. Antioxidant function

Eugenol can protect the dysfunction of endothelial cells caused by oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL), increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes, thereby inhibiting the generation of reactive oxygen species.

4. Antibacterial activity

The antifungal, antiviral, insecticidal, and antiparasitic activities of aromatic oils such as eugenol have been extensively studied.

5. Anticancer activity

Compared with chemically synthesized anticancer drugs, which have the disadvantages of high toxicity and potential damage to normal growing cells, eugenol shows a good application prospect in the prevention and treatment of some tumors.

6. Anti-insect activity

The anti-insect activity of eugenol also depends on its phenolic structure. It was found that when the content of eugenol was 0.5%, it had the greatest inhibitory effect.

7. Other pharmacological activities of eugenol

Eugenol has the effects of promoting transdermal absorption and treating cardiovascular diseases, and also has certain effects in reproductive regulation and immune regulation. Eugenol also has a significant killing or repelling effect on the agricultural worldwide storage pests, Tribulus chinensis and males of Bactrocera citrus.

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