Front Cover. In clinical settings, essential oils are the most common natural product being recommended for respiratory related infections. Furthermore, essential oil blends are believed to work synergistically to treat and manage symptoms associated with the respiratory tract. A review of the literature identified a number of essential oils that held important therapeutic applications for respiratory tract infections. These oils were then critically evaluated with the available published literature to determine the validity as antimicrobial agents. Other biological aspects strongly linked to the therapeutic use of essential oils for respiratory infections included anti‐oxidant activity, anti‐inflammatory and antihistamine activity, with selected oils demonstrating little or moderately toxic effects. Recommendations were made for future research strategies which are detailed and reported by Leigh and van Vuuren in their review at 10.1002/cbdv.202000062.

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封面：气味疗法：鉴定针对呼吸道病原体的精油的综述（C＆B 6/2020）

封面。在临床环境中，精油是推荐用于呼吸道相关感染的最常见天然产物。此外，相信精油共混物可以协同作用来治疗和控制与呼吸道有关的症状。文献综述确定了许多精油，这些精油在呼吸道感染中具有重要的治疗应用。然后用可获得的公开文献对这些油进行严格评估，以确定其作为抗菌剂的有效性。与精油在呼吸道感染中的治疗用途密切相关的其他生物学方面包括抗氧化活性，抗炎和抗组胺活性，部分精油显示出很少或中等的毒性作用。Leigh和van Vuuren的评论，地址为10.1002 / cbdv.202000062。