Suppression of neutrophil accumulation in mice by cutaneous application of geranium essential oil

Journal of Inflammation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Maruyama, Naho ^a   Sekimoto, Yuka ^a   Ishibashi, Hiroko ^a   Inouye, Shigeharu ^a   Oshima, Haruyuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideyo ^a   Abe, Shigeru ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURDLAN; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; LAVENDER OIL; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TEA TREE OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GERANIUM; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JUNIPERUS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SKIN; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 15444367663     PISSN: 14769255     EISSN: 14769255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-9255-2-1     Document Type: Article

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