Pharmacological activity of the essential oil of Satureja viminea (Lamiaceae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 247-252

  Suárez, Adriana ^a   Echandi, María Mercedes ^a   Ulate, Guido ^a   Cicció, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Analgesic activity; Hippocratic screening; Intestinal transit; Lamiaceae; Satureja viminea; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LD 50; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RAT; SAVORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OILS, VOLATILE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SATUREJA;

ANIMALIA; LAMIACEAE; SATUREJA; SATUREJA VIMINEA;

EID: 1642319591     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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