Antidepressant-Like Effect of Lippia sidoides CHAM (Verbenaceae) Essential Oil and Its Major Compound Thymol in Mice

Antidepressant-Like Effect of Lippia sidoides CHAM (Verbenaceae) Essential Oil and Its Major Compound Thymol in Mice

Depression is a common disease affecting more than 300 million people worldwide. Since Lippia sidoides has shown central nervous system effects in previous works, we aimed to investigate the effect of L. sidoides essential oil and its major compound, thymol on a corticosterone-induced depression mod...

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Main Authors: Michele Sanford Rangel Parente, Feliphy Rodrigues Custódio, Nayara Araújo Cardoso, Márcia Jordana Araújo Lima, Tiago Sousa de Melo, Maria Isabel Linhares, Rafaelly Maria Pinheiro Siqueira, Aristides Ávilo do Nascimento, Francisco Eduardo Aragão Catunda Júnior, Carla Thiciane Vasconcelos de Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Scientia Pharmaceutica
Subjects:
depression
thymol
antidepressant effect
L. sidoides
essential oil
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2218-0532/86/3/27

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