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Gastroprotective activity of essential oil of the Syzygium aromaticum and its major component eugenol in different animal models

Overview of attention for article published in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, December 2010
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Title
Gastroprotective activity of essential oil of the Syzygium aromaticum and its major component eugenol in different animal models
Published in
Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, December 2010
DOI 10.1007/s00210-010-0582-x
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José Roberto Santin, Marivane Lemos, Luiz Carlos Klein-Júnior, Isabel Daufenback Machado, Philipe Costa, Ana Paula de Oliveira, Crislaine Tilia, Juliana Paula de Souza, João Paulo Barreto de Sousa, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Sérgio Faloni de Andrade

Abstract

Syzygium aromaticum, a medicinal plant commonly known as clove, is used to treat toothache, respiratory disorders, inflammation, and gastrointestinal disorders. From the flower buds of S. aromaticum, it is possible to obtain an essential oil comprised of a mixture of aliphatic and cyclic volatile terpenes and phenylpropanoids, being eugenol as the main component. The aims of this study were: (1) to extract the essential oil of the flower buds of S. aromaticum, (2) to identify and quantify the main component of the essential oil, and (3) to evaluate its antiulcer activity using different animal models. Assays were performed using the following protocols in rats: indomethacin-induced and ethanol/HCl-induced ulcer model. Both essential oils from S. aromaticum and eugenol displayed antiulcer activities in the rat models of indomethacin- and ethanol-induced ulcer. Studies focusing on the possible mechanisms of gastroprotection were also undertaken using the following experiments: evaluation of gastric secretion by the pylorus-ligated model, determination of mucus in gastric content, participation of nitric oxide (NO) and endogenous sulfhydryl in gastric protection. The results show that there was no significant effect on the volume of gastric juice and total acidity. However, the quantification of free gastric mucus showed that the clove oil and eugenol were capable of significantly enhancing mucus production. With regard to the NO and endogenous sulfhydryls, the results demonstrated that the gastroprotection induced by clove oil and eugenol are not related to the activities of the nitric oxide and endogenous sulfhydryls. No sign of toxicity was observed in the acute toxicity study. In conclusion, the results of this study show that essential oil of S. aromaticum, as well as its main component (eugenol), possesses antiulcer activity. The data suggest that the effectiveness of the essential oil and eugenol is based on its ability to stimulate the synthesis of mucus, an important gastroprotective factor. However, further pharmacological and toxicological investigations are required to enable its use for the treatment of gastric ulcer.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
Unknown 108 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 11%
Student > Master 11 10%
Student > Bachelor 11 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 8%
Other 18 16%
Unknown 37 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 14 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 6 5%
Other 14 13%
Unknown 40 36%
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