(s)(−)perillyl alcohol

(S)-(−)-Perillyl alcohol (Perillyl alcohol), a monoterpene found in lavender, inhibits Ras farnesylation, upregulates the mannose-6-phosphate receptor, induces apoptosis, and exhibits anti-cancer activity.

Perillyl Alcohol is a naturally occurring monoterpene related to limonene with antineoplastic activity. Perillyl alcohol (Isocarveol) inhibits farnesyl transferase and geranylgeranyl transferase, thereby preventing post-translational protein farnesylation and isoprenylation and activation of oncoproteins such as p21-ras, and arresting tumor cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle.

(+)-Perillyl alcohol (0.25-1 mM) inhibits cell growth in SW480 cells. At a concentration of 1 mM and a duration of 24 hours, (+)-Perillyl alcohol increases the number of cells in the G0/G1 phase and reduces the number in the S phase in SW480 cells.