Analgesic-Like Activity of Essential Oil Constituents: An Update

The constituents of essential oils are widely found in foods and aromatic plants giving characteristic odor and flavor. However, pharmacological studies evidence its therapeutic potential for the treatment of several diseases and promising use as compounds with analgesic-like action. Considering tha...

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Autores principales: de Cássia da Silveira e Sá, Rita, Lima, Tamires Cardoso, da Nóbrega, Flávio Rogério, de Brito, Anna Emmanuela Medeiros, de Sousa, Damião Pergentino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5751100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29232831
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18122392
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Sumario:The constituents of essential oils are widely found in foods and aromatic plants giving characteristic odor and flavor. However, pharmacological studies evidence its therapeutic potential for the treatment of several diseases and promising use as compounds with analgesic-like action. Considering that pain affects a significant part of the world population and the need for the development of new analgesics, this review reports on the current studies of essential oils’ chemical constituents with analgesic-like activity, including a description of their mechanisms of action and chemical aspects.

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