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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 38, Issue -, Pages 402-408Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2016.06.005
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Ortho-eugenol; Anti-nociception; Inflammation; NF-kappa B; p38
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Ortho-eugenol is a much used phenylpropanoid whose ability to reduce pain and inflammation has never been studied. Researching ortho-eugenol's antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activity, and its possible mechanisms of action is therefore of interest. The administration of vehicle, ortho-eugenol (50, 75 and 100 mg/kg i.p.), morphine (6 mg/kg, i.p.) or dexamethasone (2 mg/kg, s.c.) occurred 30 min before the completion of pharmacological tests. Pretreatment with ortho-eugenol did not change motor coordination test results, but reduced the number of writhes and licking times in the writhing test and glutamate test, respectively. The reaction time from thermal stimulus was significantly increased in the hot plate test after administration of ortho-eugenol. Treatment with yohimbine reversed the antinociceptive effect of ortho-eugenol, suggesting involvement of the adrenergic system. In anti-inflammatory tests, ortho-eugenol inhibited acetic acid induced vascular permeability and leukocyte migration, reducing TNF-alpha and IL-1 beta by virtue of its suppression of NF-kappa B and p38 phosphorylated forms in the peritonitis test. From these results, ortho-eugenol antinociceptive effects mediated by the adrenergic system and anti-inflammatory activity through regulation of proinflammatory cytoldnes and phosphorylation of NF-kB and p38 become evident for the first time. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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