The essential oil of eucalyptus tereticornis and its constituents, α-and β-pinene, show accelerative properties on rat gastrointestinal transit

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-59

  Matthews Jucá, Davi ^a   Da Silva, Moisés Tolentino Bento ^a   Palheta Junior, Raimundo Campos ^b   De Lima, Francisco José Batista ^a   Okoba, Willy ^a   Lahlou, Saad ^c   De Oliveira, Ricardo Brandt ^d   Dos Santos, Armênio Aguiar ^a   Magalhães, Pedro Jorge Caldas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO VALE DO SÃO FRANCISCO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus tereticornis; gastric emptying; monoterpenes; Myrtaceae; prokinetics

Indexed keywords

BETA PINENE; EUCALYPTUS OIL; PINENE; SEROTONIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID TEST MEAL; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MUSCLE; TEST MEAL;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; EUCALYPTUS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; MALE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; MYRTACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 78650049188     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250116     Document Type: Article

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