Membrane disruption properties of essential oils—A double-edged sword?

PSX Yap, K Yusoff, SHE Lim, CM Chong, KS Lai - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The emerging literature has suggested essential oils (EOs) as new possible weapons to
fight antimicrobial resistance due to their inherent antimicrobial properties. However, the …

Essential oils for food application: Natural substances with established biological activities

R Ribeiro-Santos, M Andrade, A Sanches-Silva… - Food and bioprocess …, 2018 - Springer
Essential oils (EOs) are natural products obtained from aromatic plants. Steam distillation
and hydrodistillation are the most commonly used methods for the extraction of EOs at …

Wound healing potential of lavender oil by acceleration of granulation and wound contraction through induction of TGF-β in a rat model

HM Mori, H Kawanami, H Kawahata, M Aoki - BMC complementary and …, 2016 - Springer
Background Although previous studies have suggested that lavender oil promote wound
healing, no study has examined the molecular mechanisms of its effect. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) attenuates renal ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats through suppression of inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis

N Aboutaleb, H Jamali, M Abolhasani… - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury following kidney transplantation has been found to
be a great clinical problem owing to initiation of acute inflammatory responses and …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of aroma essential oil inhalation on stress, pain, and sleep quality in laparoscopic cholecystectomy patients: a randomized controlled trial

JA Lee, MH Hur - Asian nursing research, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Patients undergoing cholecystectomy report experiencing stress related to the
surgery, complaining of pain and poor sleep quality. Aromatherapy is known to have positive …

Efficacy of topical Rose (Rosa damascena Mill.) oil for migraine headache: A randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled cross-over trial

M Niazi, MH Hashempur, M Taghizadeh… - … therapies in medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Aim To evaluate the effect of topical formulation of Rosa damascena Mill.(R. damascena) oil
on migraine headache, applying syndrome diffrentiation model. Methods and materials Forty …

Effect of inhalation aromatherapy with lavender essence on pain associated with intravenous catheter insertion in preschool children: a quasi-experimental study

A Bikmoradi, M Khaleghverdi, I Seddighi… - … therapies in clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to assess the effect of inhalation aromatherapy with
lavender essence on the pain severity of intravenous catheter insertion in hospitalized …

Effect of peppermint essence on the pain and anxiety caused by intravenous catheterization in cardiac patients: a randomized controlled trial

F Akbari, M Rezaei, A Khatony - Journal of pain research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background The effects of the peppermint essence on the pain and anxiety caused by
intravenous catheterization have not been studied yet. The aim of this study was to …

The effects of foot massage on hemodialysis patients' sleep quality and restless leg syndrome: a comparison of lavender and sweet orange essential oil topical …

K Oshvandi, F Mirzajani Letomi… - … of Complementary and …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Objectives Hemodialysis (HD) patients suffer more sleep problems (poor sleep quality and
restless leg syndrome [RLS]). Complementary therapy, especially massage with …

Use of Lavandula angustifolia essential oil as a complementary therapy in adult health care: A scoping review

LCMA Silva, FC de Oliveira Mendes… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Background In addition to its low toxicity risk, Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.)
essential oil is recognised worldwide for its sedative, antidepressant, antiseptic, antifungal …