Table 6.
Rats pain reaction time after topically applied with normal saline (10 mL/kg), pure Eucalyptus essential oil (500 mg/kg), and Eucalyptus essential oil-micellar nanoparticle (100 mg/kg).
| Treatments | aReaction time (s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | |
|
Normal saline (10 mL/kg) |
22.5 ± 3.95 | 19.0 ± 2.95 | 24.0 ± 6.15 | 24.0 ± 3.61 | 17.3 ± 2.25 | 15.8 ± 3.02 |
|
Pure Eucalyptus essential oil (500 mg/kg) |
33.5 ± 0.70 | 34.0 ± 2.25 | 29.3 ± 3.3 | 31.5 ± 2.18 | 28.8 ± 2.05 | 34.3 ± 3.05 |
| Eucalyptus essential oil-micellar nanoparticle (100 mg/kg) | 35.0 ± 4.10 | 36.0 ± 2.45 | 34.8 ± 3.45 | 37.0 ± 3.50 | 30.3 ± 3.55 | 40.8 ± 2.7 |
aMean of rat’s pain reaction time.