Kishan C. Gupta
Anand College of pharmacy, India
Title: Therapeutic applications of essential oils and their constituents
Biography
Biography: Kishan C. Gupta
Abstract
Essential oils are odorless, highly volatile, secondary metabolites widely recognized as green therapeutic medicaments for treatment of different ailments. They are known for their therapeutic properties as antibacterial agents against a wide spectrum of pathogenic strains due to the presence of Phenolic components such as Thymol, Carvacrol, Eugenol, etc. which inhibits gram positive pathogenic bacteria more than gram negative pathogenic bacteria. Essential oils also show bactericidal like activity against oral and dental pathogens, used for treatment of herpes infections. Garlic oil showed hypo lipidemic action. Beside these essential oils have also been screened for hypotensive anti diabetic, anti-cancer, antioxidants as well as for cardiovascular, menopausal, skin disorders, leukemia and hepatic disorders.