Rose geranium essential oil as a source of new and safe anti-inflammatory drugs

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boukhatem, Mohamed Nadjib ^a,b   Kameli, Abdelkrim ^a   Ferhat, Mohamed Amine ^a   Saidi, Fairouz ^b   Mekarnia, Maamar ^c  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure de Kouba   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^c Société Extral Bio de Production des Huiles Essentielles et Cosmé tiques Bio   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory effect; Carrageenan; Citronellol; Croton; Essential oils; Histopathology; Rose geranium; Skin inflammation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CITRONELLOL; CITRONELLYL FORMATE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GERANIOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EDEMA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERANIUM; HINDLIMB; MALE; MOUSE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; ROSE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EDEMA; GERANIUM; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; ROSA; SKIN; TERPENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895855430     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v8i0.22520     Document Type: Article

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