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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 128, Issue -, Pages 280-285Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.04.010
Keywords
Carvacrol; Toxicity; Pancreas; L-arginine; alpha-amylase; Lipase; Malondialdehyde
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia [172061, 43012]
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Carvacrol (5-isopropyl-2-methylphenol) is a biologically active monoterpene phenol abundantly present in the essential oils of many Lamiaceae aromatic/ethnomedicinal plants. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the damaging effect of carvacrol to rat pancreatic tissue, but also to assess its possible ameliorative impact on pancreatic damage induced by L-arginine. The toxic and beneficial (in a dose of 10 mg/kg) properties of carvacrol were assessed by measuring serum alpha-amylase and lipase activities, tissue malondialdehyde (MDA) content, and pathohistological changes in pancreatic tissue. Application of 100/500 mg/kg of carvacrol produced a significant increase in alpha-amylase activity, followed by inflammatory-cell infiltration and patchy interlobular edema in the pancreas. In the L-arginine-induced pancreatitis model, a dose of 10 mg/kg of carvacrol prevented an increase in alpha-amylase and lipase activities, and MDA formation, when compared to the animals that received L-arginine only. Animals treated with carvacrol prior to L-arginine administration displayed mild edema and inflammatory infiltration with few necrotic areas. Contrary to that, animals that received only L-arginine showed a massive leukocyte infiltrate with edema and substantial necrotic areas. In our study carvacrol showed significant protective effects and a potential to modulate leukocyte recruitment in pancreatic tissue after L-arginine injection.
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