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SUBMITTER: Nogueira Lde M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4363708 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nogueira Lenise de Morais Lde M da Silva Monalisa Ribeiro MR Dos Santos Simone Maria SM de Albuquerque Julianna Ferreira Cavalcanti JF Ferraz Igor Cavalcanti IC de Albuquerque Thaíse Torres TT Mota Carlos Renato França de Carvalho CR Araújo Renata Mendonça RM Viana Glauce Socorro de Barros GS Martins René Duarte RD Havt Alexandre A Ximenes Rafael Matos RM
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 20150302
Croton cordiifolius Baill. is a shrub known as "quebra-faca" and is used to treat inflammation, pain, wounds, and gastrointestinal disturbances in the semiarid region in the northeast of Brazil. In an ethnobotanical survey in the state of Pernambuco, "quebra-faca" use was cited in 33% of the interviews. Thus, we decided to evaluate the antinociceptive effects of the essential oil from C. cordiifolius (CcEO). Chemical analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed 1,8-cineole (25.09%) ...[more]