title: Anti-ulcer activity of essential oil constituents.
abstract: Essential oils have attracted considerable worldwide attention over the last few decades. These natural products have wide-ranging pharmacological activities and biotechnological applications. Faced with the need to find new anti-ulcer agents and the great effort on the development of drugs for the treatment of ulcers, in this review, the anti-ulcer activities of 21 bioactive compounds found in essential oils are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Piauí, Coordenação do Curso de Farmácia, Teresina, PI 64049-550, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco de Assis
authors.initials: Fde A
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Farmácia, São Cristóvão, SE 49100-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana Nalone
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, João Pessoa, PB 58051-970, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elida Batista Vieira
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Farmácia, São Cristóvão, SE 49100-000, Brazil. sousadam@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Damião Pergentino
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: de Sousa
mesh_terms: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000897:Anti-Ulcer Agents; D009822:Oils, Volatile