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Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Vasorelaxant Effect of Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March.
Joint Authors
Pereira de Oliveira, Aldeídia
de Lima, Sidney Gonçalo
Mobin, Mitra
Almeida, Lorena T. G.
Silva Filho, José C.
Rocha, Márcio S.
Mendes, Marcelo B.
Melhem, Marcia S. C.
Carvalho, Fernando Aécio de Amorim
Costa, José Galberto Martins da
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-08-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Protium heptaphyllum species, also known as Almécega, produces an oily resin, used in folk medicine as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent, in healing, and as an expectorant, which is rich in pentacyclic triterpenes and essential oils.
In this study, the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of Almécega’s resin was analyzed by gas chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry and evaluated for chemical composition and vasorelaxant activity in rat superior mesenteric artery.
The main constituents determined by gas chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry were limonene, p-cineole, and o-cymene.
In intact rings precontracted with phenylephrine (Phe 1 μM), EOPh (3–750 μg/mL) induced relaxation, and the essential oil had a concentration-dependent vasorelaxant effect, without involvement of endothelial mediators.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mobin, Mitra& de Lima, Sidney Gonçalo& Almeida, Lorena T. G.& Silva Filho, José C.& Rocha, Márcio S.& Pereira de Oliveira, Aldeídia…[et al.]. 2017. Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Vasorelaxant Effect of Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March.. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mobin, Mitra…[et al.]. Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Vasorelaxant Effect of Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March.. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134326
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mobin, Mitra& de Lima, Sidney Gonçalo& Almeida, Lorena T. G.& Silva Filho, José C.& Rocha, Márcio S.& Pereira de Oliveira, Aldeídia…[et al.]. Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Vasorelaxant Effect of Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March.. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134326
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1134326