Oleum thujae
Synonym(s)
Thujae aetheroleum; Thuja oil, Thuja occidentalis oil
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Oleum Thujae is the essential oil, an extract usually obtained by steam distillation from the leaves and branch tips of Thuja occidentalis, the occidental tree of life, a 6 to 20 m high, evergreen conifer from the cypress family.
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Oleum Thujae contains various isomers of thujone (50-60% alpha- and beta- thujone), alpha-pinene, alpha-terpinene, fenchone and other mono- and sesquiterterpenes.
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Formerly used for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, pruritus.
Due to the high sensitizing potential (type IV sensitization, urticarial exanthema), the use of the drug is strictly limited.
The extent to which the anti-inflammatory effects of thjua extracts demonstrated in an atopic model in rats can be transferred to humans remains to be seen (Yang HJ et al. 2017)
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- Yang HJ et al (2017) Topical treatments of Saussurea costus root and Thuja orientalis L. synergistically alleviate atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions by inhibiting protease-activated receptor-2 and NF-κB signaling in HaCaT cells and Nc/Nga mice. J Ethnopharmacol 199:97-105.