Chemical composition and hypotensive effects of essential oil of Monodora myristica Gaertn

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 937-942

  Koudou, J ^a,e   Etou Ossibi, A W ^b   Aklikokou, K ^c   Abena, A A ^b   Gbeassor, M ^c   Bessiere J M ^d  

^a Universite de Bangui   (Central African Republic)

^b Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale Faculté des Sciences de la Santé University Marien Ngouabi   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^d INSTITUT CHARLES GERHARDT   (France)

^e CAMES   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiac contractions; Chemical composition; Hypotensive

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; DELTA CADINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CADINENE; GERMACRENE D; HYDROCARBON; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCARVEOL; PINOCARVYL ACETATE; PIPERITOL; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENOID; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TERPINEOL; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VOLATILE AGENT;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNONACEAE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FROG; FRUIT; GUINEA PIG; HEART CONTRACTION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANNONACEAE; ANURA; CAVIA; MONODORA MYRISTICA;

EID: 34948883339     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.937.942     Document Type: Article

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