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ArticleChemistry & biodiversity2026

Lippia grata Schauer: Essential Oil as a Source of the Phytotherapeutic Thymol for the Treatment of Seizures and Anxiety Induced by Alcohol Withdrawal in Adult Zebrafish.

Luiz F Wemmenson Gonçalves Moura, Maria Rayane C de Oliveira, Gabriela A do Nascimento, João Gabriel L da Silva, Paulo Adenes T Coelho, Lorena S Lima, Sacha Aubrey A R Santos, Keciany A de Oliveira, Francisco Lucas Alves Batista, Hamilton M Ishiki and 11 more

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Luiz F Wemmenson Gonçalves MouraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-6709
Maria Rayane C de OliveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2568-0519
Gabriela A do NascimentoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1183-525X
João Gabriel L da SilvaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8160-6973
Paulo Adenes T CoelhoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8566-5201
Lorena S LimaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3362-2837
Sacha Aubrey A R SantosPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas (PPGCF), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4117-2277
Keciany A de OliveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9928-3826
Francisco Lucas Alves BatistaLaboratório de Bioprospecção de Produtos Naturais e Biotecnologia (LBPNB), Campus CECITEC, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Tauá, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7543-057X
Hamilton M IshikiLaboratório de Bioprospecção de Produtos Naturais e Biotecnologia (LBPNB), Campus CECITEC, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Tauá, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-7656
Antonio Eufrásio Vieira-NetoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas (PPGCF), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-6461
Stenio F FélixGrupo de Pesquisa Química de Produtos Naturais e Atividades Biológicas do Semiárido (QPNBioS), Instituto Federal do Ceará, Campus Iguatu, Iguatu, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0747-6541
Wildson Max B da SilvaCurso de Química-CCET, Campus Sobral, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA), Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-7605
Solange de O PinheiroPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Naturais (PPGCS) e, Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Laboratório de Análises Cromatográficas e Espectroscópicas (LACES), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9063-2877
Lucas S FrotaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5583-5193
Selene M de MoraisDepartment of Biological Sciences, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2766-3790
Maria Izabel Florindo GuedesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia (RENORBIO), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas (PPGCM), Núcleo de Biologia Experimental (NUBEX), Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4569-8663
Renalison Farias-PereiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Química Biológica (PPGQB), Laboratório de Microbiologia e Biologia Molecular (LMBM), Universidade Regional do Carriri - URCA, Crato, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8608-2347
Henrique Douglas M CoutinhoFederal University of Paraíba - UFPB, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6634-4207
Adriana R CamposPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas (PPGCF), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7355-9310
Francisco Ernani A MagalhãesPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Nutrição e Saúde (PPGNS), Laboratório de Química Inorgânica (LQUIN), Campus do Itaperi, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4924-2882

Funding

FUNCAP FPD-0213-00140.01.00/23FUNCAP PS1-00186-00240.01.00/21FUNCAP UNI-0210-00160.01.00/23UNIFOR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lippia grata Schauer, a species of the Verbenaceae family, is native to the Northeastern region of Brazil and widely distributed in the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest. Commonly known as "alecrim-da-chapada," this medicinal plant stands out for its antimicrobial and pharmacological properties, mainly due to its essential oils rich in thymol and carvacrol. These compounds confer antifungal, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antitumor activities, highlighting their potential in folk medicine. Based on this, the present study aimed to use in silico and in vivo tests in adult zebrafish as an alternative method to investigate the therapeutic potential of the essential oil of Lippia grata (EOLg) and its main constituent thymol (2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol) in the treatment of seizures and anxiety induced by alcohol withdrawal. Initially, adult zebrafish (n = 6/group) were treated with EOLg and thymol (0.01 or  0.1 or 1.0 mg/mL; 20 µL; oral administration) and assessed for anxiolytic, convulsive, and acute toxicity effects after 96 h. Subsequently, the potential anxiolytic-like, anticonvulsant effects, the possible GABAergic mechanism, and the efficacy of the samples in treating anxiety induced by alcohol withdrawal in adult zebrafish were investigated. Furthermore, molecular docking simulations of thymol with GABAergic receptors were performed. Preliminary results showed that EOLg and thymol were nontoxic and did not exhibit sedative effects in ZFa. Both demonstrated anticonvulsant and anxiolytic effects involving GABA

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Anti-Anxiety AgentsAnticonvulsantsAnxietyLippiaOils, VolatileSeizuresThymolAnimalsDose-Response Relationship, DrugMolecular Docking SimulationReceptors, GABA-AZebrafishAnti-Anxiety AgentsAnticonvulsantsOils, VolatileReceptors, GABA-AThymoladult zebrafish (Danio rerio)anxietyGABAALippia grataseizurethymol

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PMID42503215
PMCPMC13401972

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