Antinociceptive effect of geranylgeraniol and 6α,7β-dihydroxyvouacapan-17β-oate methyl ester isolated from Pterodon pubescens Benth

• Published in: BMC pharmacology Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Authors: Spindola, Humberto M, Servat, Leila, Denny, Carina, Rodrigues, Rodney AF, Eberlin, Marcos N, Cabral, Elaine, Sousa, Ilza MO, Tamashiro, Jorge Y, Carvalho, João E, Foglio, Mary A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd 07.01.2010; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Research article

Abstract Background Pterodon pubescens Benth seeds are commercially available in the Brazilian medicinal plant street market. The crude alcoholic extracts of this plant are used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and anti-rheumatic preparations. The aim of this study was to evaluate t...