Evaluation of antinociceptive and antiinflammatory activities of the essential oil (EO) of Ocimum micranthum willd. from northeastern Brazil

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 708-712

  Lino, C S ^a   Gomes, P B ^a   Lucetti, D L ^a   Diogenes J P L ^a   Sousa, F C F ^a   Silva, M G V ^a   Viana, G S B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Analgesic activity; Antioedema activity; Carrageenan; Dextran; Essential oil; Formalin; Nociception

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ARGININE; CARRAGEENAN; DEXTRAN; ESSENTIAL OIL; FORMALDEHYDE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BASIL; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM MICRANTHUM; PAW EDEMA; RAT; WRITHING TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARGININE; BRAZIL; EDEMA; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OCIMUM; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS;

OCIMUM CAMPECHIANUM;

EID: 26444461421     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1737     Document Type: Article

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