Planta Med 2009; 75(5): 508-511
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1185319
Pharmacology
Letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Antinociceptive Effect and GC/MS Analysis of Rosmarinus officinalis L. Essential Oil from its Aerial Parts

Ana L. Martínez1 , 2 , Maria Eva González-Trujano1 , 3 , Francisco Pellicer1 , Francisco J. López-Muñoz2 , Andrés Navarrete3
  • 1Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, México, D. F., México
  • 2Departamento de Farmacobiología del Cinvestav-Sede Sur, México D. F.
  • 3Facultad de Química, Departamento de Farmacia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D. F., México
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received July 8, 2008 revised November 24, 2008

accepted December 7, 2008

Publikationsdatum:
30. Januar 2009 (online)

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Abstract

The rationale of this investigation was to examine the antinociceptive properties of the essential oil obtained from Rosmarinus officinalis aerial parts, using a rat model of arthritic pain. The essential oil (100, 300 and 600 mg/kg, i. p.) produced a dose-dependent antinociceptive effect, manifested as a significant reduction in the dysfunction in the pain-induced functional impairment model in the rat (PIFIR model), mainly at high doses. Chemical constituents of the essential oil were further analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The major compounds in the essential oil were α-pinene (14.10 %), camphene (11.47 %), β-pinene (12.02 %), myrcene (3.31 %), α-phellandrene (7.87 %), eucalyptol (8.58 %), 2-bornanone (3.42 %), camphor (8.75 %), isoborneol (3.48 %), borneol (4.85 %) and borneol acetate (6.49 %). The antinociceptive effects of R. officinalis essential oil were tested in combination with 0.12 mg/kg WAY100635, s. c. (an antagonist of 5-HT1A receptors) or 1 mg/kg naloxone, i. p. (an antagonist of endogenous opioids receptors), demonstrating in both cases an inhibition of the antinociceptive response. This study suggests an involvement, at least in part, of the serotonergic system via 5-HT1A receptors and endogenous opioids in the antinociceptive effect of R. officinalis essential oil in the PIFIR model.

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