Influence of essential and fatty oils on ciliary beat frequency of human nasal epithelial cells

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-134

  Neher, Andreas ^a   Gstöttner, Michaela ^a   Thaurer, Michael ^b   Augustijns, Patrick ^c   Reinelt, Monika ^a   Schobersberger, Wolfgang ^d  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Thiomatrix Forschungs und Beratungs GmbH   (Austria)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Ciliary activity; Ciliary beat frequency; Essential oils; Fatty oils; High speed camera; In vivo; Nasal brushings; Nasal drugs; Nasal mucosa

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; LAVENDER OIL; MENTHOL; MIGLYOL; OIL; SESAME SEED OIL; THYME OIL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA;

CILIA; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; PLANT OILS;

EID: 42449158917     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3137     Document Type: Article

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