Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant efficacy of lavender oil in experimentally induced thrombosis

• Published in: Thrombosis journal Vol. 21; no. 1; p. 85
• Main Authors: But, Valeriu Mihai, Bulboacă, Adriana Elena, Rus, Vasile, Ilyés, Tamás, Gherman, Mădălina Luciana, Bolboacă, Sorana D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09-08-2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Animals; Anti-inflammatory agents; Anti-inflammatory drugs; Antibacterial agents; Anticoagulants; Antifungal agents; Antioxidants; Blood clot; Blood clots; Blood platelets; Carrageenin; Collagen; Comparative analysis; Cytokines; Endothelium; Flow velocity; Growth factors; Inflammation; Lavender oil; Medical research; Medicine; Neutrophils; Nitrogen oxide; Oxidative stress; Pharmacy; Thiols; Thrombosis; Tumor necrosis factor-TNF; Veins & arteries; Oxidative stress; Anti-inflammatory agents; Thrombosis; Lavender oil
• ISSN: 1477-9560; 1477-9560
• DOI: 10.1186/s12959-023-00516-0

Lavender oil (LO) possesses anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, sedative, cardio-protective, and antinociceptive properties. Thrombosis and inflammation are interplayed processes that interact and influence one another. Our research compared three routes of administration to assess the efficacy of pretreatment with LO on carrageenan-induced thrombosis in rat tail.
Wistar-Bratislava white rats were randomly divided into five groups of ten rats each and pretreated 3 consecutive days prior the inducement of thrombosis to with one dose of LO (150 mg/kg body weight (b.w.)): per os by gavage (TLOPO group), intraperitoneal (TIPLO group) and subcutaneous (TSCLO group). We also have a control (C, received saline solution 0.9% and DMSO (vehicle) 1 ml intraperitoneal (i.p.)) group and a group with thrombosis (T group, received saline solution 0.9% plus vehicle 1 ml i.p.). Histopathological examinations were conducted together with measurements of the circulating levels of three oxidative stress markers, antioxidant effect (TAC and THIOL), and three proinflammatory cytokines (TNF- α, RANTES, and MCP-1).
When administered intraperitoneally, lavender oil has the best efficacy on circulating levels of oxidative stress parameters (MDA, NOx, TOS), one oxidative stress marker (THIOL), and all studied proinflammatory cytokines (p-values < 0.02). Moreover, TIPLO displayed the closest values for bleeding and clotting time to the C group, as well as the lowest length of the thrombus than the T, TPOLO, and TSCLO groups (p-values < 0.001). The TIPLO group has histological appearance comparable to the C group, with the exception of the presence of oedema.
Lavender oil pretreatment with intraperitoneal administration as three days, one-dose per day, showed anti-inflammatory and antioxidant efficacy in experimentally induced thrombosis.