Secretory response induced by essential oils on airway surface fluid: A pharmacological MRI study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 630-634

  Nicolato, Elena ^a   Boschi, Federico ^a   Marzola, Pasquina ^a   Sbarbati, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway surface liquid; Imaging; Rat; Terpenes; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MENTHA PIPERITA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RAT; SCOTS PINE; SECRETION; TRACHEA MUCUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARYNX; LEDUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTHA; OILS, VOLATILE; PINUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TERPENES; TRACHEA;

MENTHA X PIPERITA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RATTUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 67650699190     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.04.054     Document Type: Article

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