da Silva RER, de Morais LP, Silva AA, Bastos CMS, Pereira-Gonçalves Á, Kerntopf MR, Menezes IRA, Leal-Cardoso JH, Barbosa R Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 2018 ABSTRACT: The Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown (Verbenaceae) species popularly known as lemon balm has sedative, analgesic and spasmolytic properties. This study aimed to evaluate the vasorelaxant effect of the L…. Read more »
Effect of the Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown essential oil and its main constituents, citral and limonene, on the tracheal smooth muscle of rats
Carvalho PMM, Macêdo CAF, Ribeiro TF, Silva AA, Da Silva RER, de Morais LP, Kerntopf MR, Menezes IRA, Barbosa R Biotechnology Reports, 2017 ABSTRACT: The Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown (Verbenaceae) species, has effects sedative, analgesic and spasmolytic properties. This study had as its main objective to evaluate the essential oil of L. alba (EOLa)… Read more »
Cardiovascular Activity of the Chemical Constituents of Essential Oils
de Andrade TU, Brasil GA, Endringer DC, da Nóbrega FR, de Sousa DP Molecules, 2017 ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of death in developed and developing countries and decrease the quality of life, which has enormous social and economic consequences for the population. Recent studies on essential oils have attracted attention and encouraged continued research… Read more »
Linalyl acetate as a major ingredient of lavender essential oil relaxes the rabbit vascular smooth muscle through dephosphorylation of myosin light chain
Koto R, Imamura M, Watanabe C, Obayashi S, Shiraishi M, Sasaki Y, Azuma H Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 2006 ABSTRACT: In a preliminary experiment, we found that lavender essential oil relaxes vascular smooth muscle. Thus, the present experiments were designed to investigate the relaxation mechanism of linalyl acetate as the major ingredient of lavender essential… Read more »
Bergamot essential oil differentially modulates intracellular Ca2+ levels in vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells: a new finding seen with fura-2
You JH, Kang P, Min SS, Seol GH
Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 2013
In-vitro characterization of the pharmacological effects induced by (-)-α-bisabolol in rat smooth muscle preparations
de Siqueira RJ, Freire WB, Vasconcelos-Silva AA, Fonseca-Magalhães PA, Lima FJ, Brito TS, Mourão LT, Ribeiro RA, Lahlou S, Magalhães PJ
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2012
The effects of peppermint on exercise performance
Meamarbashi A, Rajabi A
Journal of International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2013