Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Miller)

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-78

  Basch, Ethan ^a   Foppa, Ivo ^a,b   Liebowitz, Richard ^a,c   Nelson, Jamie ^a,d   Smith, Michael ^a,e   Sollars, David ^a,f   Ulbricht, Catherine ^a,g  

^a Natural Standard   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e CANADIAN COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE   (Canada)

^f MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lavender; Lavendula angustifolia Miller; Limonene; Perillyl alcohol; POH

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEIC ACID; CAMPHOR; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CINEOLE; COUMARIN; FLAVONOID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; KAVA EXTRACT; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; LAVANDULA BURNATII EXTRACT; LAVENDER OIL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; NICOTINIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOBARBITAL; PERILLYL ALCOHOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TANNIN; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIAN;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANOREXIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SENSITIZATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LAVANDULA BURNATII; LAVENDER; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM INJURY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LAVANDULA; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS;

EID: 8744299319     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v04n02_07     Document Type: Article

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