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http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/38335| Title: | Antispasmodic effect of Ocimum selloi essential oil on the guinea-pig ileum |
| Keywords: | Ocimum selloi Spasmolytic Methyl chavicol Espasmolítico Metil chavicol |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Citation: | SOUZA, S. D. F. et al. Antispasmodic effect of Ocimum selloi essential oil on the guinea-pig ileum. Natural Product Research, Abingdon, v. 29, n. 22, p. 2125-2128, 2015. |
| Abstract: | Ocimum selloi is an herbal species popularly used in Brazil as antispasmodic. Herein, we report the antispasmodic effect of O. selloi essential oil (OS) in segments of guinea-pig ileum. OS did not reduce the tonus of the ileum. In contrast, OS reduced the contraction induced by carbachol (100 μM), BaCl2 (0.03 M) and low- and high-K+ concentrations (25 and 60 mM, respectively). OS shifted the concentration–response curve for calcium to the right in a parallel manner. GC/MS analysis showed that OS consists mostly of methyl chavicol (97.57%). These results suggest that OS antispasmodic effect is mediated through calcium channel blockade. In addition, OS effect and mode of action could be accounted for methyl chavicol. |
| URI: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14786419.2014.989392 http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/38335 |
| Appears in Collections: | DAG - Artigos publicados em periódicos |
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