The inhibition of bone resorption in rats treated with (-)-menthol is due to its metabolites

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1290-1295

  Spichiger, Miriam ^a   Brenneisen, Rudolf ^a   Felix, Rolf ^a   Mühlbauer, Roman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

( ) Menthol; Bone resorption; GC MS; Metabolites; Rat pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROXY MENTHOL DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROXY MONOCARBOXY MENTHOL DERIVATIVE; DRUG METABOLITE; MENTHOL; MONOCARBOXY MENTHOL DERIVATIVE; MONOHYDROXY MENTHOL DERIVATIVE; MONOHYDROXY MONOCARBOXY MENTHOL DERIVATIVE; TRIHYDROXY METNTHOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARBOXYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG INHIBITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTHA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BONE AND BONES; BONE RESORPTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MENTHA; MENTHOL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

LAMIACEAE; MENTHA;

EID: 33845256671     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951681     Document Type: Article

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