Analgesic Potential of Essential Oils

Pain is an unpleasant sensation associated with a wide range of injuries and diseases, and affects approximately 20% of adults in the world. The discovery of new and more effective drugs that can relieve pain is an important research goal in both the pharmaceutical industry and academia. This review...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2015-12, Vol.21 (1), p.E20-E20
Hauptverfasser:	Sarmento-Neto, José Ferreira, do Nascimento, Lázaro Gomes, Felipe, Cícero Francisco Bezerra, de Sousa, Damião Pergentino
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	analgesic Analgesics - chemistry Analgesics - pharmacology Analgesics - therapeutic use Animals antinociceptive aromatic plants Biological Products - chemistry Biological Products - pharmacology Biological Products - therapeutic use Disease Models, Animal essential oils formalin medicinal plants Mice monoterpenes natural products Oils, Volatile - chemistry Oils, Volatile - pharmacology Oils, Volatile - therapeutic use pain Pain - drug therapy phenylpropanoids Rats Review
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Zusammenfassung:	Pain is an unpleasant sensation associated with a wide range of injuries and diseases, and affects approximately 20% of adults in the world. The discovery of new and more effective drugs that can relieve pain is an important research goal in both the pharmaceutical industry and academia. This review describes studies involving antinociceptive activity of essential oils from 31 plant species. Botanical aspects of aromatic plants, mechanisms of action in pain models and chemical composition profiles of the essential oils are discussed. The data obtained in these studies demonstrate the analgesic potential of this group of natural products for therapeutic purposes.
ISSN:	1420-3049 1420-3049
DOI:	10.3390/molecules21010020