Antiinflammatory and antinociceptive effects of 1,8-cineole a terpenoid oxide present in many plant essential oils

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 240-244

  Santos, F A ^a   Rao, V S N ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Depto de Fisiologia e Farmacologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1,8 Cineole; Analgesic effect; Antiinflammatory activity; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CHLORPROMAZINE; CINEOLE; CYTOKINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INDOMETACIN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GRANULOMA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYCLOHEXANOLS; MALE; MENTHOL; MICE; MONOTERPENES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERPENES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0034047536     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1573(200006)14:4<240::AID-PTR573>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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