Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxant effects of the essential oil from aerial parts of Alpinia zerumbet and its main constituent 1,8-cineole in rats

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1151-1155

  Pinto, Nilson V ^a   Assreuy, Ana Maria S ^a   Coelho de Souza, Andrelina N ^a   Ceccatto, Vania M ^a   Magalhães, Pedro Jorge C ^b   Lahlou, Saad ^a   Leal Cardoso, José Henrique ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1,8 Cineole; Alpinia zerumbet; Essential oil; Isolated thoracic aorta; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALPINIA ZERUMBET EXTRACT; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA ZERUMBET; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ALPINIA; ANIMALS; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MONOTERPENES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OILS, VOLATILE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

ALPINIA ZERUMBET; RATTUS;

EID: 70350613137     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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