Toxic effects of some conifer resin acids and tea tree oil on human epithelial and fibroblast cells

Toxicology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-109

  Söderberg, Thor A ^a,c   Johansson, Anders ^a   Gref, Rolf ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antibacterial effects; cytotoxicity; dehydroabietic acid; epithelial cells; fibroblasts; neural red assay; O methylpodocarpic acid; oleoresin; podocarpic acid; resin acids; S. aureus; tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; O METHYLPODOCARPIC ACID; PODOCARPIC ACID; PODOCARPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TEA TREE OIL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343337636     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(95)03242-8     Document Type: Article

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