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ArticleBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica2016

β-Citronellol, an alcoholic monoterpene with inhibitory properties on the contractility of rat trachea.

T B Vasconcelos, H V Ribeiro-Filho, L T Lucetti, P J C Magalhães

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Article in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

T B VasconcelosDepartamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
H V Ribeiro-FilhoDepartamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
L T LucettiDepartamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
P J C MagalhãesDepartamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Ceará · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Citronellol is an alcoholic monoterpene found in essential oils such Cymbopogon citratus (a plant with antihypertensive properties). β-Citronellol can act against pathogenic microorganisms that affect airways and, in virtue of the popular use of β-citronellol-enriched essential oils in aromatherapy, we assessed its pharmacologic effects on the contractility of rat trachea. Contractions of isolated tracheal rings were recorded isometrically through a force transducer connected to a data-acquisition device. β-Citronellol relaxed sustained contractions induced by acetylcholine or high extracellular potassium, but half-maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50) for K(+)-elicited stimuli were smaller than those for cholinergic contractions. It also inhibited contractions induced by electrical field stimulation or sodium orthovanadate with pharmacologic potency equivalent to that seen against acetylcholine-induced contractions. When contractions were evoked by selective recruitment of Ca2+ from the extracellular medium, β-citronellol preferentially inhibited contractions that involved voltage-operated (but not receptor-operated) pathways. β-Citronellol (but not verapamil) inhibited contractions induced by restoration of external Ca2+ levels after depleting internal Ca2+ stores with the concomitant presence of thapsigargin and recurrent challenge with acetylcholine. Treatment of tracheal rings with L-NAME, indomethacin or tetraethylammonium did not change the relaxing effects of β-citronellol. Inhibition of transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) or transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) receptors with selective antagonists caused no change in the effects of β-citronellol. In conclusion, β-citronellol exerted inhibitory effects on rat tracheal rings, with predominant effects on contractions that recruit Ca2+ inflow towards the cytosol by voltage-gated pathways, whereas it appears less active against contractions elicited by receptor-operated Ca2+ channels.

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Acyclic MonoterpenesAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsCalcium Channel BlockersEnzyme InhibitorsIndomethacinInhibitory Concentration 50MaleMonoterpenesMuscle ContractionMuscle, SmoothNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterParasympatholyticsRats, WistarTetraethylammoniumThapsigarginAcyclic MonoterpenesCalcium Channel BlockerscitronellolEnzyme InhibitorsIndomethacinMonoterpenesNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterParasympatholyticsTetraethylammoniumThapsigarginVerapamil

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PMID26648088
PMCPMC4712486
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