Vanillosmopsis

Vanillosmopsis erythropappa Schultz-Bip. is a component of the Atlantic coastal forest in Brazil, where it is exploited as a source of an essential oil used in the pharmaceutical industry. A survey of specimens from four locations showed markedly different compositions of their essential oil fraction (Lopes et al., 1991). The compounds identified were bisabolol [160], costunolide [161], eremanthine [162], and five related compounds, six compounds based upon the cyclocostunolide skeleton [163], and the two esters 15-deoxygoyazenolide [164] and lychnopholide [165]... 

Table 2.13 Sesquiterpene variation in Vanillosmopsis erythropappa (after Lopes et al., 1991)...

Vanillosmopsis erythropappa SCHULTZ-BIP. [3] Chamomilla recutita (L.) RAUSCHERT [1]... 

Eremanthine Eremanthus, Lychnophora, Vanillosmopsis, 4- iNOS expression (3) [blocks... 

The bark EO of Vanillosmopsis arborea Baker (Asteraceae) exhibited potent antinociceptive activities. The topical pretreatment with the EO at concentrations of 25, 50, 100, and 200 mg/kg decreased the symptoms of both phases of the formalin test. It also decreased the number of eye wipes induced by 5 M NaCl solution, topically applied. The oral application of the EO also reduced the number of eye wipes (Inocencio et al., 2014). Maham et al. (2014) evaluated the antinociceptive effects of the EO of Artemisia dracunculus L. (Asteraceae). It showed signi cant reduction of pain on both phases of the formalin test by 91.4% and 83.3%, respectively. Also in the hot plate test, the EO showed good analgesic activity. The EO of Centipeda minima (L.) A. Braun and Asch. (Asteraceae) was also tested for its antinociceptive effects using the hot plate test. The EO showed signi cant reduction of pain induced by hot plate (Zhang et al., 2013). 

Inocencio, L. L., Leite, G. 0., Silva, C. T., de Sousa, S. D., Sampaio, R. S., da Costa, J. G. et al. (2014). Topical antinociceptive effect of Vanillosmopsis arboea Baker on acute corneal pain in mice. Evid. Based Complement. Alternat. Med. Article ID 708636, 6pp. 

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