background: essential oils from elettaria cordamomum (cardamom oil) and lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) are used a lot in food and drug industry. cardamom oil traditionally used as spice in food now is increasingly used as diuretic, sedative and for gastrointestinal disease. lavender oil, traditionally used as an antiseptic agent, is now widely used as a relaxant, carminative, and sedativ...

Several studies have investigated the antinociceptive, immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties of compounds found in the lavender essential oil (LEO), however to date, there is still lack of substantial data. The objective of this study was to assess the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of lavender essential oil. The 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical deco...

the aim of this research was to study the in vitro effect of lavandula officinalis (leo) and origanum vulgare (oeo) essential oils on rumen fermentation using a concentrate type substrate (cts) and roughage type substrate (rts). six mehraban ewes were divided into 2 groups and fed a concentrate type or roughage type diet, and used as rumen fluid donors. each essential oil (eo) was evaluated sep...

background pain is a major problem in patients after cesarean and medication such as aromatherapy which is a complementary therapy, in which the essences of the plants oils are used to reduce such undesirable conditions. objectives in this study, the effect of aromatherapy using lavender (lavandula) essential oil on cesarean postoperative pain was assessed. materials and methods in a triple bli...

Essential oils extracted from flower petals of palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini), evening primrose (Primula rosea), lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and tuberose (Polianthus tuberosa) were tested for their antibacterial activities against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Different concentrations of each essential oil ranging from 10-100% were tested. Both gram-positive and gram-negative ...

This study was intended to examine the effects of lavender essential oil aromatherapy on anxiety and depression in haemodialysis patients. This randomised clinical trial was conducted on 72 haemodialysis patients divided into control and experimental groups. The control group only received the routine care. The experimental group received aromatherapy with 3 drops of lavender essential oil 5% f...

background: surgery, as a treatment, is a stressful experience. the anxiety is more severe in open-heart surgery patients due to its risk and complications. the present study aimed to determine the effect of lavender essence on the levels of anxiety and blood cortisol in candidates for open-heart surgery. materials and methods: this was a single-blind clinical trial, a random allocation study w...

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder associated with cognitive and memory deficits. Accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques is one of the major causes of AD. Therefore, inhibition of the plaque formation has been aimed to play a preventive role in the disease. Lavender, through some neuroprotective roles such as antioxidant effects, is known to be an effective c...

From the medicinal species Lavender, inflorescences (Flores SpicaeLavandulae), with a pleasant, characteristic smell, notes of freshness, are used for therapeutic purposes. The active principle lavender flowers is volatile oil, content which differs depending on species, variety, time harvest or form conditioning. Fresh contain up to 0.8% and dried ones 1.5%. Lavender have high linalool (a terp...

this study evaluated the effects of inhalation of lavender essential oil on the pain of open-heart surgery. the main complaint of patients after open-heart surgery is chest pain. due to the side effects of opioids, it is important to use a non-invasive way to effectively relieve pain including aromatherapy with analgesics. this study is a clinical single-blind trial. the study was conducted on ...