**Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) extract inhibits the proliferation of colon carcinoma cells and induces apoptosis through formation of ROS. Taken together, LBE or subfractions thereof could be used for the prevention of colon cancer.
==References==
* ''Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 350-351.'' * ''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26320439''* ''https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25765831''
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