Behavioral effects of essential oil of Citrus aurantium L. inhalation in rats

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 661-666

  Leite, Mariana P ^a   Fassin Jr , Jaime ^a   Baziloni, Eliane M F ^a   Almeida, Reinaldo N ^b   Mattei, Rita ^a   Leite, José R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Citrus aurantium; Essential oil; Inhalation; Orange oil; Plusmaze; Rutaceae

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUR ORANGE;

EID: 67749093217     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2008000500003     Document Type: Article

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