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ArticleExperimental animals2022

Amelioration of oxidative damage parameters by carvacrol on methanol-induced liver injury in rats.

Cebrail Gursul, Adalet Ozcicek, Mustafa Ozkaraca, Ali Sefa Mendil, Taha Abdulkadir Coban, Aynur Arslan, Fatih Ozcicek, Halis Suleyman

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Cebrail GursulDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Basbaglar Street, 24030, Erzincan, Turkey.
Adalet OzcicekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Basbaglar Street, 24030, Erzincan, Turkey.
Mustafa OzkaracaDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, 69 Kayseri Street, 58140, Sivas, Turkey.
Ali Sefa MendilDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, 55 Hulusi Behcet Street, 38280, Kayseri, Turkey.
Taha Abdulkadir CobanDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Basbaglar Street, 24030, Erzincan, Turkey.
Aynur ArslanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Halic University, 15 Temmuz Sehitler Street, Eyup, 34060, Istanbul, Turkey.
Fatih OzcicekDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Basbaglar Street, 24030, Erzincan, Turkey.
Halis SuleymanDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Erzincan Binali Yildirim University, Basbaglar Street, 24030, Erzincan, Turkey.
Erzincan University · TRErciyes University · TRHaliç University · TRSivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The methanol metabolite that causes hepatotoxicity is formic acid, generating reactive oxygen radical formation and cell damage. Carvacrol is an antioxidant monoterpenic phenol produced from Thymus vulgaris. This study aimed to investigate the effects of carvacrol on methanol-induced oxidative liver damage in rats. Eighteen rats were divided into three groups. Methotrexate was administered orally for 7 days to methotrexate+methanol (MTM) and methotrexate+methanol+carvacrol (MMC) groups. Methotrexate was given before methanol to cause methanol poisoning. Distilled water was given to the healthy group (HG) as a solvent. At the end of the 7th day, 20% methanol was administered orally at a dose of 3 g/kg to the MTM and MMC groups. Four hours after methanol administration, 50 mg/kg carvacrol was injected intraperitoneally into the MMC group. Animals were sacrificed 8 h after carvacrol injection. Biochemical markers were studied in the excised liver tissue and blood serum samples, and histopathological evaluations were made. Severe hemorrhage, hydropic degeneration, pycnosis, and mononuclear cell infiltration were observed in the liver of the MTM group. Additionally, the levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), total oxidant status (TOS), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were significantly higher, and total glutathione (tGSH) and total antioxidant status (TAS) were significantly lower in the MTM group compared to HG (P<0.001). Carvacrol prevented the increase in MDA, TOS, ALT and AST levels with methanol and the decrease in tGSH and TAS levels (P<0.001), and alleviated the histopathological damage. Carvacrol may be useful in the treatment of methanol-induced liver damage.

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AntioxidantsChemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, ChronicAlanine TransaminaseAnimalsCymenesGlutathioneLiverMalondialdehydeMethanolMethotrexateOxidative StressPhenolsRatsRats, WistarAlanine TransaminaseAntioxidantscarvacrolCymenesGlutathioneMalondialdehydeMethanolMethotrexatePhenolscarvacrolexperimental modelsliver injurymethanoloxidative damage

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