The Mutagenic and Antimutagenic Activity of Lavandula angustifolia and Elettaria cardamomum Essential Oils in the Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay

• Main Authors: N Rahimifard (Author), H Hajimehdipoor (Author), B Pirouz (Author), F Bagheri (Author), O Bagheri (Author), KS Mirdamadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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, trad...