Pharmacological and neuroprotective profile of an essential oil derived from leaves of Aloysia citrodora Palau

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1306-1315

  Abuhamdah, Sawsan ^a   Abuhamdah, Rushdie ^b   Howes, Melanie Jayne R ^c   Al Olimat, Suleiman ^a   Ennaceur, Abdel ^d   Chazot, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aloysia; Alzheimer's disease; antioxidant activity; essential oils; neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

ALOYSIA CITRODORA ESSENTIAL OIL; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIMONENE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SPATHULENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALOYSIA CITRODORA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON CHELATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL LINE; NEUROPROTECTION; PLANT LEAF; VERBENACEAE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FOREBRAIN; NEUROBLASTOMA; PALAU; RAT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLOHEXANOLS; CYCLOHEXENES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MONOTERPENES; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PALAU; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; SESQUITERPENES; TERPENES; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 84938744480     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: 20427158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12424     Document Type: Article

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