Antibacterial essential oils in malodorous cancer patients: Clinical observations in 30 patients

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 463-467

  Warnke, P H ^a   Sherry, E ^b   Russo, P A J ^c   Acil Y ^a   Wiltfang, J ^a   Sivananthan, S ^d   Sprengel, M ^e   Roldan J C ^a   Schubert, S ^a   Bredee, J P ^a   Springer, I N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Franziskus Hospital Flensburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Essential oils; Foul smell; Neoplastic ulcers; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; KLONEMAX; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIZATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOULING CONTROL; FRIEND; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MOUTH CARCINOMA; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ODORS; PLANT OILS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN ULCER;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 33746930205     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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