Antioxidant properties of essential oils: Possible explanations for their anti-inflammatory effects

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-139

  Graßmann, Johanna ^b   Hippeli, Susanne ^b   Dornisch, Kerstin ^b   Rohnert, Ute ^b   Beuscher, Norbert ^a   Elstner, Erich F ^b  

^a Arzt für Allgemeinmedizin   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus oil, antioxidant effects, in vitro studies; Myrtol standardized; Radical scavenging

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; MYRTOL; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 2942608531     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1300178     Document Type: Article

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