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. 2020 Nov 24;11:522213. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.522213

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
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)