Biological and pharmacological activities of carvacrol and carvacrol bearing essential oils

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 29, 2008, Pages 3106-3119

  Baser, K Husnu Can ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Carvacrol; Essential oil; Monoterpenic phenols; Oregano

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APRAMYCIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CARVACROL; CHLOROQUINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CRINA PIGS; CRINA POULTRY; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LINALOOL; MELARSOPROL; MILTEFOSINE; NEOMYCIN; OREGANO OIL; PARA CYMEN 8 OL; PARA CYMENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN; ROPADIAR; SILYMARIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; THYMOHYDROQUINONE; THYMOL; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; TERPENE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIPPIA; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LUNG TUMOR; MOUTH ULCER; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SAVORY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN IRRITATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THYMUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT OILS; TURKEY;

EID: 58849121486     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208786404227     Document Type: Review

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