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Bioactivity of the essential oil of Bupleurum fruticosum
I Lorente1, M A Ocete, A Zarzuelo
1Departamento de Farmacologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, Spain.
Journal of Natural Products
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
The essential oil of Bupleurum fruticosum was investigated qualitatively and quantitatively together with the anti-inflammatory activity of the whole essential oil and its major components. In addition, antispasmodic activity was determined in rat uterus preparations using acetylcholine and oxytocin as agonists. The anti-inflammatory activity shown by the essential oil can be attributed in part to the two major components, alpha-pinene and beta-pinene, although the presence of thymol and carvacrol, minor components capable of potentiating the action of these hydrocarbons, was also confirmed.