Biosynthesis and therapeutic properties of lavandula essential oil constituents

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Woronuk, Grant ^a   Demissie, Zerihun ^a   Rheault, Mark ^a   Mahmoud, Soheil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

essential oil; Lamiaceae; Lavandula angustifolia; linalool; monoterpenes

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; DIMETHYLALLYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; LAVENDER OIL; LINALOOL; LINALYL ACETATE; MYRCENE; NEROLIDOL; OCIMENE; PERILLYL ALCOHOL; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPENOID; TERPINEN 4 OL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUMOR; LAVENDER; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PROSTATE CANCER; SEDATION; SLEEP DISORDER; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INFANT; LAVANDULA; MALE; MICE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; SESQUITERPENES;

LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 78650049586     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250136     Document Type: Article

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