Netto JDL, Oliveira RSM, Copatti CE Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ABSTRACT: This study aimed to verify the sedative and anaesthetic effect of the essential oils of basil (Ocimum basilicum) (EOOB) and lemongrass (Cymbopogum flexuosus) (EOCF) in Nile tilapia juveniles. The fish were transferred to aquaria containing different concentrations of each essential oil: 10, 25,… Read more »
Evidence for the involvement of the GABAergic, but not serotonergic transmission in the anxiolytic-like effect of bisabolol in the mouse elevated plus maze
Tabari MA, Tehrani MAB Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology, 2017 ABSTRACT: Bisabolol (α-(-)-bisabolol) is a sesquiterpene which is a part of the essential oil of a variety of plants, but its common source is German chamomile. Several bioactivities including anti-inflammatory, anti-nociceptive, and anti-tumor effects were attributed to bisabolol. However, the neuropharmacological properties of bisabolol have not yet been reported…. Read more »
Neuron differentiation-related genes are up-regulated in the hypothalamus of odorant-inhaling rats subjected to acute restraint stress.
Nakamura A, Fujiwara S, Ishijima T, Okada S, Nakai Y, Matsumoto I, Misaka T, Abe K Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2010 ABSTRACT: To elucidate some physiopsychological effects of a pleasant odor, we analyzed gene expression profiles in the hypothalamus of rats which, under a restraint-stressed condition, inhaled (R)-(-)-linalool. Consequently, 697 probe sets showed… Read more »
Inhaled linalool-induced sedation in mice
Linck VM, da Silva AL, Figueiró M, Piato AL, Herrmann AP, Dupont Birck F, Caramão EB, Nunes DS, Moreno PR, Elisabetsky E Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology ABSTRACT: Linalool is a monoterpene often found as a major component of essential oils obtained from aromatic plant species, many of which are used in… Read more »
Chemistry and Pharmacology of Citrus sinensis
Favela-Hernández JM, González-Santiago O, Ramírez-Cabrera MA, Esquivel-Ferriño PC, Camacho-Corona Mdel R Molecules, 2016 ABSTRACT: Presently the search for new drugs from natural resources is of growing interest to the pharmaceutical industry. Natural products have been the source of new drugs since ancient times. Plants are a good source of secondary metabolites which have been found… Read more »
Anesthetic activity and bio-guided fractionation of the essential oil of Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. in silver catfish Rhamdia quelen
Benovit SC, Silva LL, Salbego J, Loro VL, Mallmann CA, Baldisserotto B, Flores EM, Heinzmann BM
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 2015
Sedative, anti-inflammatory and anti-diuretic effects induced in rats by essential oils of varieties of Anthemis nobilis: a comparative study
Rossi T, Melegari M, Bianchi A, Albasini A, Vampa G
Pharmacological Research Communications, 1988
The scientific basis for the reputed activity of Valerian.
Houghton PJ
The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 1999
Comparative anticonvulsant activities of the essential oils (EOs) from Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt and Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf. in mice
Silva MR, Ximenes RM, da Costa JG, Leal LK, de Lopes AA, Viana GS
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology, 2010
Effects of Linalool on glutamatergic system in the rat cerebral cortex.
Elisabetsky E, Marschner J, Souza DO
Neurochemical Research, 1995