Cardiovascular effects of the essential oil of Mentha x villosa and its main constituent, piperitenone oxide, in normotensive anaesthetised rats: Role of the autonomic nervous system

Planta Medica

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 638-643

  Lahlou, S ^a   Carneiro Leao R F L ^a   Leal Cardoso, J H ^b   Toscano, C F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular effects; Essential oil; Labiatae; Mentha x villosa; Piperitenone oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; HEXAMETHONIUM; MENTHA X VILLOSA EXTRACT; METHYLATROPINE; PENTOBARBITAL; PIPERITENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MENTHA X VILLOSA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RAT; VAGOTOMY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MENTHA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TERPENES;

EID: 0034817015     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17352     Document Type: Article

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