Effect of leaf essential oil from Piper solmsianum C.DC. in mice behaviour

The essential oil from Piper solmsianum leaves and its major compound (sarisan) were tested to verify their influences upon mice behaviour. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation in a modified Clevenger extractor and analysed by GC/ MS. This analysis revealed in the oil the presence of...

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Main Authors: DAVYSON L. MOREIRA, PATRÍCIA O. SOUZA, MARIA AUXILIADORA C. KAPLAN, NUNO A. PEREIRA, GERALDO L. CARDOSO, ELSIE F. GUIMARÃES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2001-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652001000100004