Essential oils from medicinal and aromatic plants: a review of the gastroprotective and ulcer-healing activities.
Gastric ulcer is an excoriated area of the gastric mucosa. It is among the predominant gastrointestinal chronic diseases. The essential oils represent an important part of the traditional pharmacopoeia in many countries and have been successfully used for gastroprotection and ulcer healing. Thus, this review presents the experimental activity of essential oils traditionally used in the gastric ulcer prevention and treatment, considering their families, part of the plant studied, bioassays, and their mechanisms of gastroprotection and ulcer healing, with the aim of stimulating novel studies in the search for a new phytomedicine to treat gastric diseases.
Morphology Department, Biosciences Institute, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Ariane Leite
AL
Rozza
Cláudia Helena
CH
Pellizzon
D000818:Animals; D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001938:Brazil; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D009549:Nigeria; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D020011:Protective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055771:Serbia; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014835:Volatilization
D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D020011:Protective Agents