Essential oils and anxiolytic aromatherapy

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1305-1316

  Setzer, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiolytic; Aromatherapy; Citral; Citronellol; Geraniol; Linalool

Indexed keywords

ABSINTHOL; ALPHA ASARONE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BERGAMOT OIL; BETA ASARONE; BETA PINENE; BETA THUYONE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARVONE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; LAVENDER OIL; LEMON OIL; LIGUSTILIDE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSE OIL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINEOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; YLANG YLANG OIL; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANTHEMIS; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; CANANGA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORIANDER; CROTON; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DEPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; LAVENDER; LEMON; LIPPIA; MAZE TEST; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PELARGONIUM; REVIEW; ROSE; SALVIA; SANTALACEAE; SOUR ORANGE; STRESS; SWEET ORANGE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

CHAMAEMELUM NOBILE; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS SINENSIS; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM CAPITATUM; ROSA X DAMASCENA; SALVIA SCLAREA; SANTALUM; SANTALUM ALBUM;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROMATHERAPY; HUMANS; PLANT OILS; TERPENES;

EID: 73349116214     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900400928     Document Type: Review

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