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Fachini-Queiroz FC, Kummer R, Estevão-Silva CF, et al. Effects of Thymol and Carvacrol, Constituents of Thymus vulgaris L. Essential Oil, on the Inflammatory Response. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:657026doi: 10.1155/2012/657026.
Fachini-Queiroz, F. C., Kummer, R., Estevão-Silva, C. F., Carvalho, M. D., Cunha, J. M., Grespan, R., Bersani-Amado, C. A., & Cuman, R. K. (2012). Effects of Thymol and Carvacrol, Constituents of Thymus vulgaris L. Essential Oil, on the Inflammatory Response. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012657026. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/657026
Fachini-Queiroz, Fernanda Carolina, et al. "Effects of Thymol and Carvacrol, Constituents of Thymus vulgaris L. Essential Oil, on the Inflammatory Response." Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM vol. 2012 (2012): 657026. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/657026
Fachini-Queiroz FC, Kummer R, Estevão-Silva CF, Carvalho MD, Cunha JM, Grespan R, Bersani-Amado CA, Cuman RK. Effects of Thymol and Carvacrol, Constituents of Thymus vulgaris L. Essential Oil, on the Inflammatory Response. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:657026. doi: 10.1155/2012/657026. Epub 2012 Jul 05. PMID: 22919415; PMCID: PMC3418667.
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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:657026. doi: 10.1155/2012/657026. Epub 2012 Jul 05.

Effects of Thymol and Carvacrol, Constituents of Thymus vulgaris L. Essential Oil, on the Inflammatory Response.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Fernanda Carolina Fachini-Queiroz, Raquel Kummer, Camila Fernanda Estevão-Silva, Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho, Joice Maria Cunha, Renata Grespan, Ciomar Aparecida Bersani-Amado, Roberto Kenji Nakamura Cuman

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutic, State University of Maringá, 870020-900 Maringá, PR, Brazil.

PMID: 22919415 PMCID: PMC3418667 DOI: 10.1155/2012/657026

Abstract

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L., Lamiaceae) is an aromatic and medicinal plant that has been used in folk medicine, phytopharmaceutical preparations, food preservatives, and as an aromatic ingredient. The effect of Thymus vulgaris essential oil (TEO) and its isolated constituents thymol and cavacrol (CVL) were studied in the following experimental models: ear edema, carrageenan-induced pleurisy, and chemotaxis in vitro. In the pleurisy model, TEO, CVL, and thymol significantly inhibited inflammatory edema. However, only TEO and CVL inhibited leukocyte migration. In the in vitro chemotaxis experiment, CVL inhibited leukocyte migration, whereas thymol exerted a potent chemoattractant effect. In the ear edema model, CVL (10 mg/ear), applied topically, reduced edema formation, exerting a topical anti-inflammatory effect. Thymol did not reduce edema formation but rather presented an irritative response, probably dependent on histamine and prostanoid release. Our data suggest that the antiinflammatory effects of TEO and CVL are attributable to the inhibition of inflammatory edema and leukocyte migration.

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