Lemon grass (cymbopogon citratus) essential oil as a potent anti-inflammatory and antifungal drugs

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Boukhatem, Mohamed Nadjib ^a   Ferhat, Mohamed Amine ^b   Kameli, Abdelkrim ^b   Saidi, Fairouz ^a   Kebir, Hadjer Tchoketch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BLIDA   (Algeria)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure de Kouba   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory effect; Antifungal activity; Aromatherapy; Citral; Essential oil; Lemon grass

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; CITRAL; CROTON OIL; DICLOFENAC; ESSENTIAL OIL; HEXAMIDINE ISETIONATE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEMON GRASS ESSENTIAL OIL; NERAL; OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS; CYMBOPOGON PENDULUS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATITIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG POTENCY; EAR EDEMA; FEMALE; FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION ZONE DIAMETER; LIQUID; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAPOR; VAPOR DIFFUSION; YEAST; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; DRUG EFFECTS; EAR; EDEMA; FOOT; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CYMBOPOGON; EAR; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOOT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 84908389529     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v9.25431     Document Type: Article

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