Anti-ulcer activity of essential oil constituents

Francisco de Assis Oliveira; Luciana Nalone Andrade; Elida Batista Vieira de Sousa; Damião Pergentino de Sousa

doi:10.3390/molecules19055717

Anti-ulcer activity of essential oil constituents

Molecules. 2014 May 5;19(5):5717-47. doi: 10.3390/molecules19055717.

Authors

Francisco de Assis Oliveira¹, Luciana Nalone Andrade², Elida Batista Vieira de Sousa³, Damião Pergentino de Sousa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Federal do Piauí, Coordenação do Curso de Farmácia, Teresina, PI 64049-550, Brazil.
² Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Farmácia, São Cristóvão, SE 49100-000, Brazil.
³ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, João Pessoa, PB 58051-970, Brazil.
⁴ Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Farmácia, São Cristóvão, SE 49100-000, Brazil. sousadam@yahoo.com.

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Ulcer Agents / therapeutic use*
Humans
Oils, Volatile / chemistry
Oils, Volatile / therapeutic use*
Ulcer / drug therapy*
Ulcer / pathology

Substances

Anti-Ulcer Agents
Oils, Volatile