The Medical Benefits of Vetiver Essential Oil

Handi Suyono, Deby Susanti

2019

Abstract

Vetiver essential oil (VEO) has been used century ago for religious and medical purposes. Vetiver plants are cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries. VEO contains sesquiterpenes compounds. VEO can be applied to treat neurological, psychiatric, dermatological, and musculoskeletal disorders. VEO has low toxicity and no carcinogenic effect. VEO has some pharmacological mechanism in medical treatments. The possible mechanisms are gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) potentiation, antioxidant, antiinflammation, anti-stress, tissues regeneration, anti-microbe, and cytotoxic against cancer. VEO can be applied as topical and oral treatment.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Suyono H. and Susanti D. (2019). The Medical Benefits of Vetiver Essential Oil.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Essential Oils - Volume 1: ICEO, ISBN 978-989-758-456-5, pages 9-12. DOI: 10.5220/0009954400090012

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceo19,
author={Handi Suyono and Deby Susanti},
title={The Medical Benefits of Vetiver Essential Oil},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Essential Oils - Volume 1: ICEO,},
year={2019},
pages={9-12},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009954400090012},
isbn={978-989-758-456-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Essential Oils - Volume 1: ICEO,
TI - The Medical Benefits of Vetiver Essential Oil
SN - 978-989-758-456-5
AU - Suyono H.
AU - Susanti D.
PY - 2019
SP - 9
EP - 12
DO - 10.5220/0009954400090012