The Medical Benefits of Vetiver Essential Oil

Abstract

Vetiver essential oil (VEO) has been used century ago for religious and medical purposes. Vetiver plants are cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries. VEO contains sesquiterpenes compounds. VEO can be applied to treat neurological, psychiatric, dermatological, and musculoskeletal disorders. VEO has low toxicity and no carcinogenic effect. VEO has some pharmacological mechanism in medical treatments. The possible mechanisms are gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) potentiation, antioxidant, antiinflammation, anti-stress, tissues regeneration, anti-microbe, and cytotoxic against cancer. VEO can be applied as topical