Central properties and chemical composition of Ocimum basilicum essential oil

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 619-626

  Ismail, M ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Cineol; Eugenol; LD50; Linalool; Local anesthetic; Mass spectrometry; Ocimum basilicum; Sedative; Terpenes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CUBEBENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LINALOOL; METHYLCINNAMATE; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTILLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATENT PERIOD; LD 50; LETHALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; SLEEP TIME;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; LAMIACEAE; OCIMUM BASILICUM; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 33750890567     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600897544     Document Type: Article

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