Antinociceptive and hypothermic evaluation of the leaf essential oil and isolated terpenoids from Eugenia uniflora L. (Brazilian Pitanga)

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 923-928

  Amorim, Ana Carolina L ^a   Lima, Cleverton Kleiton F ^a   Hovell, Ana Maria C ^a   Miranda, Ana Luisa P ^a   Rezende, Claudia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive; Essential oil; Eugenia uniflora L.; Furanosesquiterpenes; Hypothermic

Indexed keywords

3 FURANOEUDESMENE; ACETIC ACID; ATRACTYLON; BETA ELEMENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENIA UNIFLORA EXTRACT; GAMMA ELEMENE; GLOBULOL; INDOMETACIN; LEDENE; MORPHINE; PENTANE; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SPATHULENOL; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; EUGENIA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; FEMALE; HOT PLATE TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUGENIA UNIFLORA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 69849105020     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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