Thyme oil can inhibit COX2 and suppress inflammation
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 00:28
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found that six essential oils -- from thyme, clove, rose, eucalyptus, fennel and bergamot -- can suppress the inflammatory COX-2 enzyme, in a manner similar to resveratrol, the chemical linked with the health benefits of red wine. They also identified that the chemical carvacrol was primarily responsible for this suppressive activity.