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Leite LI, Leite GDO, Fernandes Silva BA, Gonçalves Sousa SD, Coutinho TS, Sampaio RS, Menezes I, Martins Costa JG, Campos AR. Antinociceptive action of Vanillosmopsis arborea in male mice. Avicenna J Phytomed 2017; 7:93-98. [PMID: 28265551 PMCID: PMC5329181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Vanillosmopsis arborea Baker (Asteraceae) has high economic value from Chapada to Araripe and its bark essential oil is a potential source of alpha-bisabolol. The present study aimed to elucidate the antinociceptive and antipruritic properties of the essential oil of V. arborea Baker (EOVA) in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antinociceptive activity was assessed using the capsaicin, glutamate, hot plate and cold allodynia tests. The antipuritic effects were also verified based on histamine-induced scratching behavior. RESULTS EOVA reduced the paw licking induced by capsaicin, but not that induced by glutamate. The essential oil increased the latency time in the hot plate, attenuated the cold allodynia induced by acetone and inhibited histamine-induced scratching behavior. CONCLUSION The experimental data demonstrated that EOVA showed central and peripheral antinociceptive activity and antipruritic effect.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Chemical Biological at the Regional University of Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical Biological at the Regional University of Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical Biological at the Regional University of Cariri, Crato – CE, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology at the University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza – CE, Brazil
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Sousa DG, Sousa SDG, Silva RER, Silva-Alves KS, Ferreira-da-Silva FW, Kerntopf MR, Menezes IRA, Leal-Cardoso JH, Barbosa R. Essential oil of Lippia alba and its main constituent citral block the excitability of rat sciatic nerves. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 48:697-702. [PMID: 26132093 PMCID: PMC4541688 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20154710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Lippia alba is empirically used for infusions, teas, macerates, and
hydroalcoholic extracts because of its antispasmodic, analgesic, sedative, and
anxiolytic effects. Citral is a mixture of trans-geranial and cis-neral and is the
main constituent of L. alba essential oil and possesses analgesic,
anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, and sedative effects. The present study evaluated the
effects of the essential oil of L. alba (EOLa) and citral on
compound action potentials (CAPs) in Wistar rat sciatic nerves. Both drugs inhibited
CAP in a concentration-dependent manner. The calculated half-maximal inhibitory
concentrations (IC50) of peak-to-peak amplitude were 53.2 µg/mL and 35.00
µg/mL (or 230 µM) for EOLa and citral, respectively. Peak-to-peak amplitude of the
CAP was significantly reduced by 30 µg/mL EOLa and 10 µg/mL citral. EOLa and citral
(at 60 and 30 µg/mL, values close to their respective IC50 for CAP
blockade) significantly increased chronaxy and rheobase. The conduction velocity of
the first and second CAP components was statistically reduced to ∼86% of control with
10 µg/mL EOLa and ∼90% of control with 3 µg/mL citral. This study showed that EOLa
inhibited nerve excitability and this effect can be explained by the presence of
citral in its composition. Both EOLa and citral showed inhibitory actions at lower
concentrations compared with other essential oils and constituents with local
anesthetic activity. In conclusion, these data demonstrate that EOLa and citral are
promising agents in the development of new drugs with local anesthetic activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- D G Sousa
- Laboratório de Fisiofarmacologia das Células Excitáveis, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Fisiofarmacologia das Células Excitáveis, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Fisiofarmacologia das Células Excitáveis, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia, Instituto Superior de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia, Instituto Superior de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Química Medicinal, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Farmacologia e Química Medicinal, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia, Instituto Superior de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Fisiofarmacologia das Células Excitáveis, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE, Brasil
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