Analgesic potential of terpenes derived from Cannabis sativa

E Liktor-Busa, A Keresztes, J LaVigne… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 essential oils on the central nervous system

GAB Soares, T Bhattacharya, T Chakrabarti, P Tagde… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Essential oils (EOs) have been traditionally used as ancient remedies to treat many health
disorders due to their enormous biological activities. As mainstream allopathic medication …

[HTML][HTML] Linalool odor-induced anxiolytic effects in mice

H Harada, H Kashiwadani, Y Kanmura… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In folk medicine, it has long been believed that odorous compounds derived from plant
extracts can have anxiolytic effects. Among them, linalool, one of the terpene alcohols in …

Possible use of phytochemicals for recovery from COVID-19-induced anosmia and ageusia

S Koyama, K Kondo, R Ueha, H Kashiwadani… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The year 2020 became the year of the outbreak of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which
escalated into a worldwide pandemic and continued into 2021. One of the unique symptoms …

[HTML][HTML] Lavender essential oil on postmenopausal women with insomnia: Double-blind randomized trial

L dos Reis Lucena, JG dos Santos-Junior… - … therapies in medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background To evaluate the effect of Lavandula angustifolia essential oil inhalation on sleep
and menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women with insomnia. Participants 35 …

Lavandula x intermedia—A Bastard Lavender or a Plant of Many Values? Part II. Biological Activities and Applications of Lavandin

K Pokajewicz, M Czarniecka-Wiera, A Krajewska… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review article is the second in a series aimed at providing an in-depth overview of
Lavandula x intermedia (lavandin). In part I, the biology and chemistry of lavandin were …

Chemical Composition, Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Pelargonium peltatum Essential Oils from Eastern Cape, South Africa

P Rungqu, O Oyedeji, M Gondwe, A Oyedeji - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pelargonium species are native to South Africa, and they have a long history in medicinal
use. This study aimed to extract essential oils from different parts of P. peltatum, determine …

Reciprocal relationships between sleep and smell

G Gaeta, DA Wilson - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite major anatomical differences with other mammalian sensory systems, olfaction
shares with those systems a modulation by sleep/wake states. Sleep modulates odor …

Analgesic-like activity of essential oil constituents: an update

R de Cássia da Silveira e Sá, TC Lima… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The constituents of essential oils are widely found in foods and aromatic plants giving
characteristic odor and flavor. However, pharmacological studies evidence its therapeutic …

History repeats itself: role of characterizing flavors on nicotine use and abuse

T Patten, M De Biasi - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
The popularity of e-cigarettes has skyrocketed in recent years, and most vapers use flavored
e-cigarette products. Consumption of flavored e-cigarettes exceeds that of combustible …