Antinociceptive action and redox properties of Citronellal, an essential oil present in Lemongrass

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 630-639

  Quintans Júnior, Lucindo ^a   Da Rocha, Ricardo Fagundes ^b   Caregnato, Fernanda Freitas ^b   Moreira, José Claudio Fonseca ^b   Da Silva, Francilene Amaral ^a   De Souza Araújo, Adriano Antunes ^a   Santos, João Paulo Almeida Dos ^a   Melo, Mônica Santos ^a   De Sousa, Damião Pergentino ^a   Bonjardim, Leonardo Rigoldi ^a   Gelain, Daniel Pens ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antinociception; citronellal; free radicals; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CITRONELLAL; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERPENE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE PAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALDEHYDES; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYMBOPOGON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PAIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

CITRONELLA; CITRUS LIMON; CYMBOPOGON;

EID: 79957788851     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2010.0125     Document Type: Article

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