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| Abdon,A.P.V.; Leal-Cardoso,J.H.; Coelho-de-Souza,A.N.; Morais,S.M.; Santos,C.F.. |
| Croton nepetaefolius Baill., is an aromatic plant native to the northeast of Brazil where it is extensively used in folk medicine as a sedative, orexigen and antispasmodic agent. In the present study the antinociceptive effects of the essential oil of C. nepetaefolius (EOCn), administered orally, were evaluated in male Swiss mice (20-25 g). In the acetic acid-induced writhing test, EOCn (100 and 300 mg/kg; N = 14 and N = 12, respectively) was effective at the highest dose. In the hot-plate test, EOCn at 30 and 300 mg/kg, but not at 3 mg/kg, significantly increased the latency at all observation times up to the 180th min (N = 12 for each dose). In the formalin test, EOCn significantly reduced paw licking in the second phase of the test at 100 mg/kg (N =... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Croton nepetaefolius; Essential oil; Analgesic; Antinociception; Formalin test; Hot-plate test. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002001000015 |
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| Sousa,P.J.C.; Linard,C.F.B.M.; Azevedo-Batista,D.; Oliveira,A.C.; Coelho-de-Souza,A.N.; Leal-Cardoso,J.H.. |
| Mentha x villosa Huds (Labiatae) is an aromatic herb widely used in folk medicine. Since the essential oil of the herb has many pharmacological activities, including antispasmodic effects, we determined whether the oil and its major constituent, piperitenone oxide (PO), have antinociceptive activity. The essential oil of M. x villosa (EOMV) and PO administered orally at 200 mg/kg (vehicle: 0.1% Tween 80 in water) significantly reduced the writhings induced by acetic acid from control values of 59.5 ± 3.1 s (N = 10) to 31.9 ± 2.8 s (N = 10) and 23.8 ± 3.4 s (N = 10), respectively. When administered at 100 and 200 mg/kg, EOMV reduced the paw licking time for the second phase of the formalin test from the control value of 20.6 ± 2.1 s (N = 13) to 5.3 ± 2.2 s... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Mentha x villosa essential oil; Analgesia; Nociception; Anti-inflammatory effect; Piperitenone oxide. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000700010 |
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| Leal-Cardoso,J.H.; Matos-Brito,B.G.; Lopes-Junior,J.E.G.; Viana-Cardoso,K.V.; Sampaio-Freitas,A.B.; Brasil,R.O.; Coelho-de-Souza,A.N.; Albuquerque,A.A.C.. |
| Estragole, a relatively nontoxic terpenoid ether, is an important constituent of many essential oils with widespread applications in folk medicine and aromatherapy and known to have potent local anesthetic activity. We investigated the effects of estragole on the compound action potential (CAP) of the rat sciatic nerve. The experiments were carried out on sciatic nerves dissected from Wistar rats. Nerves, mounted in a moist chamber, were stimulated at a frequency of 0.2 Hz, with electric pulses of 50-100-µs duration at 10-20 V, and evoked CAP were monitored on an oscilloscope and recorded on a computer. CAP control parameters were: peak-to-peak amplitude (PPA), 9.9 ± 0.55 mV (N = 15), conduction velocity, 92.2 ± 4.36 m/s (N = 15), chronaxy, 45.6 ± 3.74 µs... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Estragole; Essential oil; Sciatic nerve; Compound action potential; Nerve conduction velocity. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004000800009 |
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| Coelho-de-Souza,A.N.; dos-Santos,C.F.; Lopes-Filho,L.N.; Holanda,F.R.; Oliveira,A.C.; Gomes-Vasconcelos,Y.A.; Oliveira,K.A.; Ferreira-da-Silva,F.W.; Silva-Alves,K.S.; Leal-Cardoso,J.H.. |
| Essential oils (EO) are volatile liquids responsible for the aroma of plants. Pterodon polygalaeflorus seeds have received widespread use in folk medicine for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. For this reason and because Pterodon polygalaeflorus seeds have great EO content, which is frequently pharmacologically active, the present study aimed to evaluate the antinociceptive effect of EO from Pterodon polygalaeflorus (EOPPgfl) and its acute toxic effects. The EEOPPgfl sample, which was extracted by steam distillation of the seeds, had a yield of 2.4% of the seeds weight and had, as major constituents, beta-elemene (48.19%), trans-caryophyllene (19.51%), and epi-bicyclosesquiphellandrene (12.24%). The EOPPgfl sample showed mild acute toxicity and its... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Essential oil; Pterodon polygalaeflorus; Antinociception; Anti-inflammatory activities; Beta-elemene; Caryophyllene. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2018001100603 |
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| Silva-Alves,K.S.; Ferreira-da-Silva,F.W.; Peixoto-Neves,D.; Viana-Cardoso,K.V.; Moreira-Júnior,L.; Oquendo,M.B.; Oliveira-Abreu,K.; Albuquerque,A.A.C.; Coelho-de-Souza,A.N.; Leal-Cardoso,J.H.. |
| Estragole is a volatile terpenoid, which occurs naturally as a constituent of the essential oils of many plants. It has several pharmacological and biological activities. The objective of the present study was to investigate the mechanism of action of estragole on neuronal excitability. Intact and dissociated dorsal root ganglion neurons of rats were used to record action potential and Na+ currents with intracellular and patch-clamp techniques, respectively. Estragole blocked the generation of action potentials in cells with or without inflexions on their descendant (repolarization) phase (Ninf and N0 neurons, respectively) in a concentration-dependent manner. The resting potentials and input resistances of Ninf and N0 cells were not altered by estragole... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Estragole; Local anesthetic; Essential oil; Dorsal root ganglia; Phenylpropanoid; Na+ current. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013001201056 |
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