title: In vivo study of the efficacy of the aromatic water of Zataria multiflora on hydatid cysts.
abstract: Gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were employed to determine the chemical composition of the essential oil (EO) from aromatic water (AW) of Zataria multiflora. Thymol (66.9%), carvacrol (15.2%), and carvone (7.3%) were found to be the major EO constituents. Eighty laboratory BALB/c mice were infected intraperitoneally by injection of 1,500 viable protoscolices and were divided into prevention (40 mice) and therapeutic (40 mice) groups. To prove the preventive effect of the Z. multiflora AW on development of hydatid cysts, the 40 infected mice were allocated into three treatment groups, including the albendazole group (10 mice that received 150 mg/kg body weight/day for 10 days), the Z. multiflora AW group (15 mice that received 20 ml/liter in drinking water for 8 months), and a control group (15 mice that received no treatment). To estimate the therapeutic effect of the Z. multiflora AW on the hydatid cyst, after 8 months of infection, the 15 remaining mice were allocated into three experimental treatment groups of five animals each, including the albendazole group (300 mg/kg/day for 20 days), Z. multiflora AW group (40 ml/liter in drinking water for 30 days), and control group (no treatment). All mice were then euthanized, and the sizes and weights of the cysts as well as their ultrastructural changes were investigated. The weights and sizes of the hydatid cysts significantly decreased upon treatment with the Z. multiflora AW in both the preventive and therapeutic groups (P < 0.05). The results of scanning electron microscopy also showed considerable damage in the germinal layer of the hydatid cysts recovered from the treated animals.
authors: Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran moazeni@shirazu.ac.ir.
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Moazeni
authors: Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Larki
authors: Department of Horticulture Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
authors: Mohammad Jamal
authors: MJ
authors: Saharkhiz
authors: Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
authors: Ahmad
authors: A
authors: Oryan
authors: Department of Hygiene and Food Quality Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Ansary Lari
authors: Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
authors: Amir
authors: A
authors: Mootabi Alavi
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D000081007:Cymenes; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D019686:Lamiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013943:Thymol / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D000081007:Cymenes; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts; D013943:Thymol; C006923:carvone; C073316:carvacrol; D015766:Albendazole