Essential oil of Croton zehntneri and its major constituent anethole display gastroprotective effect by increasing the surface mucous layer

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-298

  Coelho de Souza, Andrelina N ^a   Lahlou, Saad ^a   Barreto, João E F ^a   Yum, Maria E M ^a   Oliveira, Ariclécio C ^a   Oliveira, Hermógenes D ^a   Celedônio, Nathalia R ^a   Feitosa, Roney G F ^a   Duarte, Gloria P ^b   Santos, Cláudia F ^a   De Albuquerque, Aline A C ^a   Leal Cardoso, José H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anethole; Croton zehntneri; Essential oil; Gastric mucus; Gastric ulcer; Non protein sulfhydryl groups

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ANETHOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INDOMETACIN; OMEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON ZEHNTNERI; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH MUCUS; STOMACH PH; STOMACH PROTECTION; STOMACH WALL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANISOLES; BRAZIL; CROTON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; GASTRIC MUCOSA; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 84877833162     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2011.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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