Luminescence and fluorescence of essential oils. Fluorescence imaging in vivo of wild chamomile oil

Submitted: 18 September 2010
Accepted: 6 May 2011
Published: 16 June 2011
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Essential oils are currently of great importance to pharmaceutical companies, cosmetics producers and manufacturers of veterinary products. They are found in perfumes, creams, bath products, and household cleaning substances, and are used for flavouring food and drinks. It is well known that some of them act on the respiratory apparatus. The increasing interest in optical imaging techniques and the development of related technologies have made possible the investigation of the optical properties of several compounds. Luminescent properties of essential oils have not been extensively investigated. We evaluated the luminescent and fluorescent emissions of several essential oils, in order to detect them in living organisms by exploiting their optical properties. Some fluorescent emission data were high enough to be detected in dermal treatments. Consequently, we demonstrated how the fluorescent signal can be monitored for at least three hours on the skin of living mice treated with wild chamomile oil. The results encourage development of this technique to investigate the properties of drugs and cosmetics containing essential oils.

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F. Boschi, University of Verona
Department of Morphological-Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomy and Histology
M. Fontanella, University of Verona
Department of Morphological-Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomy and Histology
L. Calderan, University of Verona
Department of Morphological-Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomy and Histology
A. Sbarbati, University of Verona
Department of Morphological-Biomedical Sciences, Section of Anatomy and Histology

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Boschi, F., Fontanella, M., Calderan, L., & Sbarbati, A. (2011). Luminescence and fluorescence of essential oils. Fluorescence imaging in vivo of wild chamomile oil. European Journal of Histochemistry, 55(2), e18. https://doi.org/10.4081/ejh.2011.e18