Carvacrol and human health: A comprehensive review

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1675-1687

  Sharifi Rad, Mehdi ^a   Varoni, Elena Maria ^b   Iriti, Marcello ^b   Martorell, Miquel ^c   Setzer, William N ^d   del Mar Contreras, María ^e,f   Salehi, Bahare ^g,h   Soltani Nejad, Azam ⁱ   Rajabi, Sadegh ^h   Tajbakhsh, Mercedeh ^h   Sharifi Rad, Javad ^h,j  

^a ZABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^f Research and Development of Functional Food Centre (CIDAF)   (Spain)

^g Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^h SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

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Author keywords

anticancer; antimicrobial; antioxidant; carvacrol; essential oil

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL OIL; TERPENE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANDIDA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEATH; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; TALAROMYCES RUBRUS; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; HUMAN; LEPIDIUM; ORIGANUM; THYMUS (PLANT);

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CITRUS; HUMANS; LEPIDIUM; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 85046656364     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6103     Document Type: Review

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