The anticonvulsant effects of Ducrosia anethifolia (Boiss) essential oil are produced by its main component alpha-pinene in rats.
Mahnaz ZamyadRazieh KooshkiSaeed Esmaeili-MahaniAli MostafaviVahid SheibaniPublished in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (2020)
The results suggest that α-pinene, at teast in part, was responsible for the induction of the anticonvulsant and antioxidant effects of DAEO in rats.