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Antinociceptive activity of the volatile oils of Hyptis pectinata L. Poit. (Lamiaceae) genotypes.
Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology - 1 May 2008
Arrigoni-Blank M F, Antoniolli A R, Caetano L C, Campos D A, Blank A F, Alves P B
Abstract excerpt
Hyptis pectinata L. Poit (Lamiaceae) is known popularly in Brazil as "sambacaita" or "canudinho" and is used in the treatment of inflammations, bacterial infections and ache. The antinociceptive activity of the volatile oils of six genotypes, at doses of 100, 200 and 400mg/kg body wt., were investigated using abdominal writhe models induced by acetic acid and hot plate tests. The volatile oils of all the...
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