Advances in herbal volatile oil and aromatic herbs.
- Author:
Luosheng HUANG
1
;
Yanfei GU
;
Hong LI
Author Information
1. China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China. huangluosheng@hotmail.com
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
chemistry;
therapeutic use;
Herbal Medicine;
Humans;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Oils, Volatile;
chemistry;
therapeutic use;
Plant Oils;
chemistry;
therapeutic use
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2009;34(12):1605-1611
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The herbal volatile oil and aromatic herbs are traditional Chinese medicine which have some unique characteristics of volatility, special smell, complicated chemical constituents and the water insoluble property. The aromatic herbs from different sources have biodiversity effects on the cardiovascular, central nervous, respiratory and gastrointestinal system. They also play important roles in antibiosis, anti-inflammation, anticancer, antivirus and absorption enhancement, etc. In recent years, the herbal volatile oil and aromatic herbs have been widely reported to show broad prospect in medicinal application. In order to support various developmental works, the latest research results on herbal volatile oil and aromatic herbs are reviewed in this article in respect of chemical constituents, pharmacological action, and absorption enhancement.
