Research Article

Ethnopharmacological Evaluation of Breu Essential Oils from Protium Species Administered by Inhalation

Table 3

Effects of formulations on hot plate test in mice.

TreatmentLatency period (s)
5 min30 min

Compressed air7.3 ± 2.26.5 ± 1.2
Vehicle4.8 ± 0.74.9 ± 0.9
Formulation A5.0 ± 1.65.7 ± 2.0
Formulation B3.9 ± 0.53.9 ± 0.6
Formulation C4.7 ± 1.14.8 ± 1.3
Formulation D7.6 ± 3.08.6 ± 4.4
Formulation E4.8 ± 0.16.8 ± 1.5

Each value is presented as the mean ± SEM .