Essential oils could counter lung and liver ailments caused by air pollution

(Springer) Certain ingredients in essential oils made from plants such as cloves, anise, fennel and ylang-ylang could serve as a natural treatment of lung and liver conditions caused by air pollution. This is according to Miriana Kfoury of the Unit é de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant, Universit é du Littoral C ô te d'Opale in France and the Lebanese University in Lebanon. She is the lead author of a study in Springer's journal Environmental Chemistry Letters.
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