Plant essential oils as healthy functional ingredients of nutraceuticals and diet supplements: a review

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    Several functional roles of EOs have been extensively investigated and commercially explored in production animals` nutrition, e_g, as additives to promote animal health and welfare and their action as immunomodulators, digestive stimulants, and natural substances that can increase the performance of animal products, replacing the need for antibiotics or other restricted additives. Its components (both in leaves and fruits) support marked anti-inflammatory activity; for instance, fruit EO counteracted carrageenaninduced paw edema in rats at 50-200 mg/Kg, with the highest dose matching the efficacy of diclofenac 5 at mg/kg. Clinical trials . . .

     

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