Analgesic Potential of Essential Oils

Molecules

José Ferreira Sarmento-Neto¹  Lázaro Gomes do Nascimento¹  Cro Francisco Bezerra Felipe²  Damião Pergentino de Sousa¹ 

[1] Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, CEP 58.051-900 João Pessoa-PB, Brazil;Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, CEP 58.051-900 João Pessoa-PB, Brazil;

关键词: essential oils;    aromatic plants;    natural products;    analgesic;    antinociceptive;    pain;    formalin;    monoterpenes;    phenylpropanoids;    medicinal plants;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules21010020

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

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.

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