Essential oils used in aromatherapy: A systemic review

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 601-611

  Ali, Babar ^a   Al Wabel, Naser Ali ^a   Shams, Saiba ^b   Ahamad, Aftab ^c   Khan, Shah Alam ^d   Anwar, Firoz ^c  

^a Buraydah Private Colleges   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Siddhartha Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Complementary therapy; Essential oils; Inhalation

Indexed keywords

AROMADENDRENE; CAMPHOR; CARVACROL; CARVONE; CHAMOMILE OIL; CINEOLE; CITRONELLOL; CITRUS OIL; COSMETIC; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; FARNESOL; JOJOBA OIL; LAVENDER OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; LINALYL ACETATE; MENTHOL; MENTHONE; PEPPERMINT OIL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE; SESQUITERPENOID; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ABRASION; AMNESIA; ANNONACEAE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDANDRUFF ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTILICE ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROMATHERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ASTERACEAE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHITIS; BURN; CHICKENPOX; CLARY SAGE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; CYSTITIS; DANDRUFF; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ECZEMA; EUCALYPTUS; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSOMNIA; IRRITABLE COLON; LABOR PAIN; LAMIACEAE; LAVENDER; LEMON; LEUKORRHEA; MASSAGE; MEASLES; MEDICAL AROMATHERAPY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MYALGIA; MYCOSIS; MYRTACEAE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEURALGIA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY AROMATHERAPY; OLIGOPHRENIA; PAIN; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHO-AROMATHERAPY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ROMAN CHAMOMILE; ROSEMARY; SCABIES; SINUSITIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SPASMOLYSIS; TEA TREE; TINEA; UTERUS CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND; YLANG YLANG;

EID: 84942981083     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.05.007     Document Type: Review

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