Relaxant effects of the essential oil of Eucalyptus tereticornis and its main constituent 1,8-cineole on guinea-pig tracheal smooth muscle

Planta Medica

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1173-1175

  Coelho De Souza, Lívia Noronha ^a   Leal Cardoso, José Henrique ^b   De Abreu Matos, Francisco José ^a   Lahlou, Saad ^c   Magalhães, Pedro Jorge Caldas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINOPHYLLINE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; TERPENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EUCALYPTUS; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRACHEA; TRACHEA MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; EUCALYPTUS; GUINEA PIGS; MONOTERPENES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS;

EID: 30844452450     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873173     Document Type: Article

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