Effects of thymol and carvacrol, constituents of thymus vulgaris L. essential oil, on the inflammatory response

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fachini Queiroz, Fernanda Carolina ^a   Kummer, Raquel ^a   Estevão Silva, Camila Fernanda ^a   Carvalho, Maria Dalva De Barros ^a   Cunha, Joice Maria ^b   Grespan, Renata ^a   Bersani Amado, Ciomar Aparecida ^a   Cuman, Roberto Kenji Nakamura ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; GERANYL ACETATE; GERMACRENE D; HISTAMINE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PROSTANOID; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; THYME OIL; THYMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; EAR EDEMA; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYME;

EID: 84864949782     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/657026     Document Type: Article

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