07/21/2020 / By Evangelyn Rodriguez
Iranian researchers investigated the efficacy and safety of Curcuma longa (turmeric) essential oil (CLEO) against hydatid cysts protoscoleces. They reported their findings in an article published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Based on these findings, the researchers concluded that C. longa essential oil is a promising natural scolicidal agent that can decrease the threat of protoscoleces discharge during hydatid cyst surgery.
Read the full study at this link.
Journal Reference:
Mahmoudvand H, Pakravanan M, Aflatoonian MR, Khalaf AK, Niazi M, Mirbadie SR, Kareshk AT, Khatami M. EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CURCUMA LONGA ESSENTIAL OIL TO INACTIVATE HYDATID CYST PROTOSCOLECES. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 26 July 2019;19(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-019-2527-3
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