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Epilobium angustifolium L. Essential Oil-Biological Activity and Enhancement of the Skin Penetration of Drugs-In Vitro Study

Nowak, A., Duchnik, W., Makuch, E., Kucharski, L., Ossowicz-Rupniewska, P. and Cybulska, K. · Molecules · 2021

Preclinical

Abstract

The essential oil of Epilobium angustifolium, composed mainly of terpenes, showed antioxidant and antifungal activity and acted as a promoter enhancing the in-vitro skin penetration of drugs, characterising a little-studied bioactive fraction of the fireweed.

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How to cite

Nowak, A., Duchnik, W., Makuch, E., Kucharski, L., Ossowicz-Rupniewska, P. and Cybulska, K (2021) 'Epilobium angustifolium L. Essential Oil-Biological Activity and Enhancement of the Skin Penetration of Drugs-In Vitro Study', Molecules, 26(23), pp. 7188. doi:10.3390/molecules26237188

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