TABLE 4.
Clinical studies concerning the evaluation of efficacy of the main constituents of essential oil preparation from Thymbra capitata (L.) Cav., Salvia fruticosa Mill. and Origanum dictamnus L., in several medical conditions.
Compound | Symptome | Clinical trial | References |
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1,8-cineol (eucalyptol) | Anti-inflammatory activity in bronchial asthma | Double-bind placebo-controlled trial | Juergens et al. (2003) |
Cineole | Acute nonpurulent rhinosinusitis | Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial | Kehrl et al. (2004) |
Cineole | Acute non-purulent rhinosinusitis | Prospective, randomised, double-blinded controlled study | Tesche et al. (2008) |
Cineole (eucalyptole) | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Placebo-controlled double-blind trial | Worth et al. (2009) |
Cineole | Asthma | Placebo-controlled, double-blind trial | Worth and Dethlefsen (2012) |
Cineole | Acute bronchitis | Placebo-controlled double-blind trial | Fischer and Dethlefsen (2013) |
1,8-cineol (in eucalyptus oil) | Pain and inflammatory responses after total knee replacement | Randomized clinical trial | Jun et al. (2013) |
1,8-Cineole | Preoperative anxiety | Randomized clinical trial | Kim et al. (2014) |