Pharmacokinetics of Essential Oils in Different Capsules
5 de mayo de 2026 actualizado por: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Essential Oils in Different Capsule Matrices
This open label study will recruit healthy adults to investigate the pharmacokinetics of oral ingestion of frankincense, lemon, and wild orange essential oils.
This study will also evaluate whether the delivery matrix (capsule type) affects the pharmacokinetics of the oils.
Secondary outcomes include safety markers (liver and kidney function, hematology, urinalysis, and adverse events).
Descripción general del estudio
Estado
Terminado
Condiciones
Intervención / Tratamiento
Descripción detallada
This open label study will recruit healthy adults to investigate the pharmacokinetics of oral ingestion of frankincense, lemon, and wild orange essential oils. This study will also evaluate whether the delivery matrix (capsule type) affects the pharmacokinetics of the oils. Secondary outcomes include safety markers (liver and kidney function, hematology, urinalysis, and adverse events). Samples will be collected at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 24 hours after ingestion of assigned essential oil. Blood and urine markers will be assessed to determine the pharmacokinetics of each essential oil and how the capsule matrix effects these.
Pharmacokinetic parameters will be measured in serum. Chromatography and mass spectrometry will be used to detect and measure the essential oil constituents of interest in serum. Each arm of the study includes a pharmacokinetic analysis, and arms will be compared to one another. T-max (time to constituent concentration maximum in serum), C-max (maximum constituent concentration level), and T1/2 (time for the constituent concentration to decrease by half) will serve as the primary outcome measurements. Pharmacokinetics analysis software will be used to generate pharmacokinetic data from the chromatography and mass spectrometry results.
Tipo de estudio
Intervencionista
Inscripción (Actual)
19
Fase
- No aplica
Contactos y Ubicaciones
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Ubicaciones de estudio
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Mississippi
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Jackson, Mississippi, Estados Unidos, 39216
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
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Criterios de participación
Los investigadores buscan personas que se ajusten a una determinada descripción, denominada criterio de elegibilidad. Algunos ejemplos de estos criterios son el estado de salud general de una persona o tratamientos previos.
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Sí
Descripción
Selection Criteria:
Participants must meet all the following criteria:
- Adults ages 18-35 years old
- Local to metropolitan Jackson, MS, and/or willing to come to the clinical research center for study visits
- Willing to wash out of all internally consumed essential oil and botanical products for at least 2 weeks prior to starting the study and willing to maintain the washout for the duration of the study (approximately 8 weeks)
- Willing to avoid all frankincense, wild orange, and lemon essential oil in any form (aromatic, topical, or internal) for the duration of the study (approximately 5 weeks).
- Willing to avoid alcohol, recreational drugs, and smoking/vaping for 3 days prior to each arm of the study
- Willing to receive an intravenous catheter in the arm or hand every two weeks for 4 weeks (three times total)
- History of successful blood/plasma donation, IV insertion, or blood collection by phlebotomy
- Weigh at least 110 pounds
- No uncontrolled metabolic disease
- No unstable major diseases under treatment by healthcare professional
- No pregnancy within the last 60 days or currently breastfeeding (females)
- No allergy to olive oil or frankincense, lemon, or wild orange essential oils
- No regular internal consumption of frankincense, lemon, or wild orange essential oil regularly within the last 1 month (regularly is defined as dosing daily for more than 2 consecutive weeks, or dosing more than 2-3 times per week for 4 consecutive weeks)
- No alcohol, recreational drug, or smoking/vaping use in the past 3 days
- No evidence of medical condition, significant disease or disorder, medication, or surgery within the past 12 months that may, in the judgment of the medical provider, put the participant at risk or affect study results, procedures, or outcomes
- Not currently or previously participating in any other clinical trial within the last 30 calendar days
Plan de estudios
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¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Ciencia básica
- Asignación: No aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Ninguno (etiqueta abierta)
Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazo |
Intervención / Tratamiento |
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Experimental: Frankinscense
Frankincense essential oil capsule (150mg per visit).
Participants will consume one capsule containing 150 mg of frankincense oil and 150 mg of olive oil at each visit.
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Frankincense essential oil capsule (150mg per visit).
Participants will consume one capsule containing 150 mg of frankincense oil and 150 mg of olive oil at each visit.
At the first visit, participants will receive the essential oil in a delayed-release hypromellose (HPMC capsule), followed by a HPMC Capsule at the second visit, and a Tapioca softgel capsule at the third visit.
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Experimental: Lemon
Lemon essential oil capsule (150mg per visit).
Participants will consume two capsules: one capsule containing 150 mg of lemon oil and one capsule containing 150 mg of olive oil at each visit.
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Lemon essential oil capsule (150mg per visit).
Participants will consume one capsule containing 150 mg of frankincense oil and one capsule containing 150 mg of olive oil at each visit.
At the first visit, participants will receive the essential oil in a delayed-release hypromellose (HPMC capsule), followed by a HPMC Capsule at the second visit, and a Tapioca softgel capsule at the third visit.
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Experimental: Wild Orange
Wild Orange essential oil capsule (150mg per visit).
Participants will consume two capsules: one capsule containing 150 mg of wild orange oil and once capsule containing 150 mg of olive oil at each visit.
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Wild Orange essential oil capsule (150mg per visit).
Participants will consume one capsule containing 150 mg of frankincense oil and once capsule containing 150 mg of olive oil at each visit.
At the first visit, participants will receive the essential oil in a delayed-release hypromellose (HPMC capsule), followed by a HPMC Capsule at the second visit, and a Tapioca softgel capsule at the third visit.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Time to constituent concentration maximum in serum (T-max)
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours
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Amount of time it takes for each essential oil to reach the maximum concentration in serum compared to baseline, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 30 minutes, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, and 24 hours.
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24 hours
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Maximum constituent concentration level (C-max)
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours
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Maximum amount of each essential oil concentration measured in the blood.
Timepoints will be measured at baseline, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 30 minutes, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, and 24 hours.
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24 hours
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Time for the constituent concentration to decrease by half (T 1/2)
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours
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Amount of time it takes for each essential oil level to decrease by half as measured at baseline, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 30 minutes, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours, and 24 hours.
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24 hours
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medida de resultado |
Medida Descripción |
Periodo de tiempo |
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Difference in T-max for each capsule type
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours
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Difference in the T-max levels compared between the types of capsule types based off analysis from primary outcomes.
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24 hours
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Difference in C-max for each capsule type
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours
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Difference in the C-max levels compared between the types of capsule types based off analysis from primary outcomes.
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24 hours
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Difference in T 1/2 for each capsule type
Periodo de tiempo: 24 hours
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Difference in the T-max levels compared between the types of capsule types based off analysis from primary outcomes.
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24 hours
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Patrocinador
Investigadores
- Investigador principal: Gailen D Marshall Jr., MD, PhD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fechas de registro del estudio
Estas fechas rastrean el progreso del registro del estudio y los envíos de resultados resumidos a ClinicalTrials.gov. Los registros del estudio y los resultados informados son revisados por la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (NLM) para asegurarse de que cumplan con los estándares de control de calidad específicos antes de publicarlos en el sitio web público.
Fechas importantes del estudio
Inicio del estudio (Actual)
2 de julio de 2025
Finalización primaria (Actual)
19 de diciembre de 2025
Finalización del estudio (Actual)
19 de diciembre de 2025
Fechas de registro del estudio
Enviado por primera vez
23 de mayo de 2025
Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
5 de mayo de 2026
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
12 de mayo de 2026
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
12 de mayo de 2026
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
5 de mayo de 2026
Última verificación
1 de abril de 2026
Más información
Términos relacionados con este estudio
Palabras clave
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- 2025-112
Plan de datos de participantes individuales (IPD)
¿Planea compartir datos de participantes individuales (IPD)?
NO
Información sobre medicamentos y dispositivos, documentos del estudio
Estudia un producto farmacéutico regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
Estudia un producto de dispositivo regulado por la FDA de EE. UU.
No
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