Scientific Study
- In a 2003 study eucalyptol was found to control airway mucus hypersecretion and asthma, after in a previous study the authors found eucalyptol to suppress arachidonic acid metabolism and cytokine production in human monocytes.
- In a 2004 study it was found to inhibit cytokine production in cultured human lymphocytes and monocytes.
- In a 2004 study eucalyptol was found to be an effective treatment for nonpurulent rhinosinusitis. Treated subjects experienced less headache on bending, frontal headache, sensitivity of pressure points of trigeminal nerve, impairment of general condition, nasal obstruction, and rhinological secretion. Side effects from treatment were minimal.
- A 2000 study found eucalyptol to reduce inflammation and pain when applied topically.
- In a 2002 study it was found to kill leukaemia cells of two cultured human leukemia cell lines, but not cells of a human stomach cancer cell line in vitro.
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