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ArticleAdvances in integrative medicine2020

Effects of essential oils on symptoms and course (duration and severity) of viral respiratory infections in humans: A rapid review.

Sebastian Prall, E Joy Bowles, Kathleen Bennett, Carolyn Giselle Cooke, Tamara Agnew, Amie Steel, Tina Hausser

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Article in Advances in integrative medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07518394 (Using Botanical Ingestible Oils for Treating Infectious Conditions), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07518394 phase4completednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Using Botanical Ingestible Oils for Treating Infectious Conditions: The UBIOTIC Study on Essential Oils for Lower Respiratory Infections in the Emergency Department

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of SfaxRan2023 to 2024Enrolled105ConditionsRespiratory InflammationArmsessential oils of eucalyptus, thyme, cinnamon, lavender, winter savory, tea tree, camphor tree, placebo of the essential oil capsule
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Viruses · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sebastian PrallOrganizacion Colegial Naturopatica FENACO (Spanish Naturopathic Association), Madrid, Spain.
E Joy BowlesSchool of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Kathleen BennettIndependent Naturopathic Researcher, Australia.
Carolyn Giselle CookeFaculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Tamara AgnewCollege of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Amie SteelAustralian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales.
Tina HausserOrganizacion Colegial Naturopatica FENACO (Spanish Naturopathic Association), Madrid, Spain.
Flinders University · AUUniversity of New England · AUUniversity of Sydney · AUUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral doses of certain essential oils may reduce symptoms of acute respiratory infections of viral origin. It is likely that the commercially available essential oil capsules Myrtol® (a mixture of essential oils of eucalyptus

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AromatherapyClinical trialsViral respiratory infectionsVolatile oils

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PMID32837899
PMCPMC7398051
OpenAlexW3047223696

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