Essential oils: Pharmaceutical applications and encapsulation strategies into lipid-based delivery systems

C Cimino, OM Maurel, T Musumeci, A Bonaccorso… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Essential oils are being studied for more than 60 years, but a growing interest has emerged
in the recent decades due to a desire for a rediscovery of natural remedies. Essential oils …

Analgesic potential of terpenes derived from Cannabis sativa

E Liktor-Busa, A Keresztes, J LaVigne… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
Pain prevalence among adults in the United States has increased 25% over the past two
decades, resulting in high health-care costs and impacts to patient quality of life. In the last …

Exploring Pharmacological Mechanisms of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) Essential Oil on Central Nervous System Targets

V López, B Nielsen, M Solas, MJ Ramírez… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Lavender essential oil is traditionally used and approved by the European Medicines
Agency (EMA) as herbal medicine to relieve stress and anxiety. Some animal and clinical …

Linalool: a review on a key odorant molecule with valuable biological properties

AC Aprotosoaie, M Hăncianu… - Flavour and fragrance …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reports on the occurrence, biosynthesis, metabolism, biological and toxicological
profile, and assessment of the authenticity of linalool. The main biological properties of …

Therapeutic effect and mechanisms of essential oils in mood disorders: Interaction between the nervous and respiratory systems

TKH Fung, BWM Lau, SPC Ngai… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) are extracted from plants and contain active components with
therapeutic effects. Evidence shows that various types of EOs have a wide range of health …

Anti-psoriatic effect of Lavandula angustifolia essential oil and its major components linalool and linalyl acetate

VK Rai, P Sinha, KS Yadav, A Shukla, A Saxena… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ethno-pharmacological relevance Lavender oil (LO) is an aromatic/essential oil extracted
from Lavandula angustifolia and traditionally used as an aromatherapy massage oil due to …

Essential oils as stress-reducing agents for fish aquaculture: a review

CF Souza, MD Baldissera, B Baldisserotto… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In fish, stressful events initiate a hormone cascade along the hypothalamus-pituitary-
interrenal and hypothalamus-sympathetic-chromaffin (HSC) axis to evoke several …

Lavender plant: farming and health benefits

SU Khan, B Hamza, RH Mir, K Fatima… - Current Molecular …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Natural remedies from a range of sources, including plants, animals, microorganisms, and
marine life, have made a significant contribution to the treatment of many ailments. Lavender …

The effects of essential oils and terpenes in relation to their routes of intake and application

S Koyama, T Heinbockel - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Essential oils have been used in multiple ways, ie, inhaling, topically applying on the skin,
and drinking. Thus, there are three major routes of intake or application involved: the …

Anxiolytic effect of essential oils and their constituents: a review

N Zhang, L Yao - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Essential oils are usually used in aromatherapy to alleviate anxiety symptoms. In
comparison to traditional drugs, essential oils have fewer side effects and more diversified …