Anesthetic activity of the essential oil of Ocimum americanum in Rhamdia quelen (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) and its effects on stress parameters

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the anesthetic activity of the essential oil (EO) of Ocimum americanum L. in silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen ). In the first experiment, the depressor effects and chemical composition of the leaf EO (LEO) and inflorescence EO (IEO) were compared. Juvenil...

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Main Authors: Lenise de Lima Silva, Quelen Iane Garlet, Gessi Koakoski, Murilo Sander de Abreu, Carlos Augusto Mallmann, Bernardo Baldisserotto, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos, Berta Maria Heinzmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252015000400715&lng=en&tlng=en