Effect of essential oils on the lipids of the retina in the ageing rat: A possible therapeutic use

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-56

  Recsan, Zsuzsa ^a   Pagliuca, Giampiero ^b   Piretti, Marco V ^b   Penzes, Laszlo G ^a   Youdim, Kuresh A ^c   Noble, Raymond C ^c   Deans, Stanley G ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Biological activity; Essential oils; Lipid; Medicinal plants; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009381001     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.1997.9700714     Document Type: Article

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