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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2023

Eugenol Essential Oil and Nanoemulsion as Antihydatic Agents with Antifibrotic and Immunomodulatory Effects in Cystic Echinococcosis.

Alzahraa Abdelraouf Ahmad, Maria Naged Maurice, Mohamed El-Salahy M Monib, Mahmoud Soliman, Sultan S Al-Thagfan, Enas Abdelhameed Mahmoud Huseein

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Alzahraa Abdelraouf AhmadDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-2947-3122
Maria Naged MauriceDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
Mohamed El-Salahy M MonibDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
Mahmoud SolimanDepartment of Pathology and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
Sultan S Al-ThagfanDepartment of Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawarah 30001, Saudi Arabia.
Enas Abdelhameed Mahmoud HuseeinDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
Assiut University · EGTaibah University · SAThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

faculty of Medicine, Assiut University (Grant number: 2018-12)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional scolicidal agents are still unsatisfactory in combating hydatid disease due to their low efficacy and increased drug side effects. Therefore, novel scolicides are required. This study aimed to evaluate the antihydatic and immunomodulatory effects of eugenol essential oil (Eug) and its nanoemulsion (Eug-NE) in cystic echinococcosis (CE). Eug and Eug-NE were administered orally to CE-infected rats and compared to albendazole (ABZ). Hydatid cyst development was assessed based on organ weight and hypertrophy indicators of the infected organs, along with a histopathological and histochemical evaluation of collagen content. The immunomodulatory effects of treatment on CE were evaluated by serum cytokine levels measurement of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and interleukin (IL)-4 and immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis of signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) and GATA-binding protein 3 (GATA3) markers. Eug-NE was the most effective in reducing the cyst weights, organ weights, and hypertrophy indicators and improving histopathological lesions with reduced collagen content. Eug and Eug-NE significantly increased the IFN-γ levels and decreased the IL-4 levels, while IHC analysis demonstrated a significant reduction in STAT4 and GATA3 expression in all treated groups. Eug and Eug-NE demonstrated antihydatic and preventative effects, with a substantial decrease in liver fibrosis compared to that of ABZ. Besides their promising immunomodulatory effects, their good treatment response suggests their use as alternatives or complementary scolicidal agents in hydatid cyst treatment.

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cystic echinococcosiscytokine profileeugenoleugenol nanoemulsionGATA3STAT4

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PMID37235301
PMCPMC10223691
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