Anxiolytic effect and tissue distribution of inhaled Alpinia zerumbet essential oil in mice

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-146

  Satou, Tadaaki ^a   Murakami, Shio ^a,b   Matsuura, Mariko ^a   Hayashi, Shinichiro ^b   Koike, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Green Flask Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpinia zerumbet; Anxiolytic effect; Essential oil; GC MS; Mouse; Tissue distribution; pinene

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CINNAMIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CUMINALDEHYDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; SABINENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPINIA ZERUMBET; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAZE TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ALPINIA; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; CHEMISTRY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE;

ALPINIA ZERUMBET; MUS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ALPINIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OILS, VOLATILE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77950472087     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500133     Document Type: Article

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