EFEITOS DOS ÓLEOS ESSENCIAIS DE ALECRIM (Rosmarinus officinalis) E PETITGRAIN (Citrus aurantium L.) EM MODELOS COMPORTAMENTAIS DE ATIVIDADE MOTORA, DEPRESSÃO, ANSIEDADE E APRENDIZADO EM RATOS

• Autor(a) principal: Arruda, Thais Volpiano
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da METODISTA
• Texto Completo: http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/1358
• topic: óleos essenciais; Rosmarinus officinalis; Citrus aurantium L.,; depressão; ansiedade; aprendizado; atividade motora; essential oils; Rosmarinus officinalis; Citrus aurantium L.; depression; anxiety; learning; motor activity; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA

Despite the ample evidence of the therapeutic potential of the essential oils in various diseases, including mental disorders, scientific studies that prove this potential remain still scarce. Thus, our objective was to evaluate systematically the effects of essential oils of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) and petitgrain (Citrus aurantium L.) in animal models with rats the following parameters: motor activity, depression, anxiety and learning. Method: 297 rats were used throughout the study, as follows: 54 in the first pilot; 66 in the second pilot; 36 in the open field; 36 in discriminative avoidance; 36 balls in burying test; 33 in the forced swimming and 36 in the learning experiment. The main results show that: rats treated with 100mg/kg (i.p.) of rosemary essential oil showed no difference in motor activity evaluated in the open field test (p = 0.213 Mann-Whitney), either on learning in the Skinner box (p=0.098 Mann-Whitney test), compared to control group that received saline 0.9% (1mL/kg), even though this treatment was effective in models of depression (p=0.006 Mann Whitney) and anxiety (test hide spheres - p=0.003 ANOVA).With respect to the essential oil of petitgrain administered to rats at a dose of 30mg/kg (i.p.), there was no difference in motor activity (p=0.795 Mann-Whitney test), however it was obtained anxiolytic (marble-burying test - p=0.028 ANOVA) and antidepressant effect (p=0.001 Mann-Whitney) compared to the control. Moreover, petitgrain oil provided an improvement in learning (p=0.002 Mann-Whitney) compared to both the control group and the animals treated with rosemary. Thus we can conclude that both studied oils (rosemary and petitgrain) acted as anxiolytic and antidepressant agents in the performed tests and, in addition, only petitgrain oil also produced effect on the learning task.