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Thyme and other essential oils suppress inflammation
Essential oils from six different herbs have been demonstrated to reduce the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2, the rate-limiting enzyme in prostaglandin biosynthesis), which plays a key role in inflammation. Japanese researchers screened a wide range of essential oils for their capacity to reduce the expression of COX-2 in cells by a minimum of 25%. They found that COX-2 expression was suppre ...
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