Distinct effects of carvone analogues on the isolated nerve of rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 645, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 108-112

  Gonçalves, Juan Carlos R ^a   Alves, Aron de Miranda H ^a   de Araújo, Anna Erika V ^a   Cruz, Jader Santos ^b   Araújo, Demetrius Antônio Machado ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Carveol; Carvone; Compound action potential; Limonene; Single sucrose gap

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CARVEOL; CARVONE; LIMONENE; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; EX VIVO STUDY; IC 50; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXENES; MALE; MONOTERPENES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TERPENES;

EID: 77956190703     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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