Immune-modifying and antimicrobial effects of eucalyptus oil and simple inhalation devices

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-47

  Sadlon, Angela E ^c   Lamson, Davis W ^a,b  

^a BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tahoma Clinic   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cineole; Eucalyptus; MRSA; Tea tree

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA TERPINOLENE; ALPHA TERPINYL ACETATE; ALPHA THUJENE; AROMADENDRENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CITRONELLAL; CITRONELLOL; CITRONELLYL ACETATE; CRYPTONE; EUCALYPTUS OIL; GERANIOL; ISOPULEGOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; MYRTENAL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCARVEOL; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TEA TREE OIL; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; IMMUNOMODULATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; EUCALYPTUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77952539949     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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