Effect of lavender oil (Lavandula angustifolia) on cerebral edema and its possible mechanisms in an experimental model of stroke

Brain Research

Volumn 1548, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-62

  Vakili, Abedin ^a   Sharifat, Shaghayegh ^a   Akhavan, Maziar Mohammad ^b   Bandegi, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Apoptosis; Bcl 2 and Bax; Brain edema; Focal cerebral ischemia; Lavender oil; Oxidative stress; Rat; VEGF

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LAVENDER OIL; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

LAMIACEAE; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; RATTUS;

ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 AND BAX; BRAIN EDEMA; FOCAL CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; LAVENDER OIL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; VEGF;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STROKE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84895091475     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. C.L. Allen, and U. Bayraktutan Oxidative stress and its role in the pathogenesis of ischaemic stroke Int. J. Stroke 4 2009 461 470
2. T. Alon, I. Hemo, A. Itin, J. Pe'er, J. Stone, and E. Keshet Vascular endothelial growth factor acts as a survival factor for newly formed retinal vessels and has implications for retinopathy of prematurity Nat. Med. 1 1995 1024 1028
3. O.N. Bae, K. Serfozo, S.H. Baek, K.Y. Lee, A. Dorrance, W. Rumbeiha, S.D. Fitzgerald, M.U. Farooq, B. Naravelta, A. Bhatt, and A. Majid Safety and efficacy evaluation of carnosine, an endogenous neuroprotective agent for ischemic stroke Stroke 44 2013 205 212
4. I.F. Benzie, and J.J. Strain Ferric reducing/antioxidant power assay: direct measure of total antioxidant activity of biological fluids and modified version for simultaneous measurement of total antioxidant power and ascorbic acid concentration Methods Enzymol. 299 1999 15 27
5. M.M. Bradford A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding Anal. Biochem. 72 1976 248 254
6. M.E. Büyükokuroǧlu, A. Gepdiremen, A. Hacimüftüoǧlu, and M. Oktay The effects of aqueous extract of Lavandula angustifolia flowers in glutamate-induced neurotoxicity of cerebellar granular cell culture of rat pups J. Ethnopharmacol. 84 2003 91 94
7. H.M. Cavanagh, and J.M. Wilkinson Biological activities of lavender essential oil Phytother. Res. 16 2002 301 308
8. P.H. Chan Mitochondria and neuronal death/survival signaling pathways in cerebral ischemia Neurochem. Res. 29 2004 1943 1949
9. Chelluboina B., Klopfenstein J.D., Gujrati M., Rao J.S., Veeravalli K.K.Temporal regulation of apoptotic and anti-apoptotic molecules after middle cerebral artery occlusion followed by reperfusion. Mol. Neurobiol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12035-013-8486-7, in press
10. Chu, C.J., Kemper, K.J., 2001. Lavender (Lavandula spp.), The Longwood Herbal Task Force (http://www.mcp.edu/herbal/) and The Center for Holistic Pediatric Education and Research (http://www.childrenshospital.org/holistic/). Available at: http:// www.longwoodherbal.org/ lavender/lavender.pdf
11. Farshori N.N., Al-Sheddi E.S., Al-Oqail M.M., Hassan W.H., Al-Khedhairy A.A., Musarrat J. and Siddiqui M.A., Hepatoprotective potential of Lavandula coronopifolia extracts against ethanol induced oxidative stress-mediated cytotoxicity in HepG2 cells, Toxicol. Ind. Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/ 0748233713483188, in press
12. I. Ferrer Apoptosis: future targets for neuroprotective strategies Cerebrovasc. Dis. 21 suppl. 2 2006 9 20
13. T. Han Effects of salidroside pretreatment on expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and permeability of blood brain barrier in rat model of focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury Asian Pac. J. Trop. Med. 6 2013 156 158
14. M. Hancianu, O. Cioanca, M. Mihasan, and L. Hritcu Neuroprotective effects of inhaled lavender oil on scopolamine-induced dementia via anti-oxidative activities in rats Phytomedicine 20 2013 446 452
15. T. Hayashi, K. Abe, H. Suzuki, and Y. Itomaya Rapid induction of vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats Stroke 28 1997 2039 2044
16. W. Jager, G. Buchbauer, L. Jirovetz, and M. Fritzer Percutaneous absorption of lavender oil from massage oil J. Soc. Cosmet. Chem. 43 1992 49 54
17. M.S. Kashani, M.R. Tavirani, S.A. Talaei, and M. Salami Aqueous extract of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) improves the spatial performance of a rat model of Alzheimer's disease Neurosci. Bull. 27 2011 99 106
18. H.M. Kim, and S.H. Cho Lavender oil inhibits immediate-type allergic reaction in mice and rats J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 51 1999 221 226
19. Koulivand P.H., Khaleghi Ghadiri M. and Gorji A., Lavender and the nervous system, EvidEvid. Based Complement Alternat Med. Alternat. Med. 2013 (2013), Article ID 681304, 10 pp, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/681304
20. D.D. Ku, J.K. Zaleski, S. Liu, and T.A. Brock Vascular endothelial growth factor induces EDRF-dependent relaxation in coronary arteries Am. J. Physiol. 265 1993 H586 H592
21. E.Z. Longa, P.R. Weinstein, S. Carlson, and R. Cummins Reversible middle cerebral artery occlusion without craniectomy in rats Stroke 20 1989 84 91
22. C. Lecrux, O. Nicole, L. Chazalviel, C. Catone, J. Chuquet, E.T. MacKenzie, and O. Touzani Spontaneously hypertensive rats are highly vulnerable to AMPA-induced brain lesions Stroke 38 2007 3007 3015
23. M. Lis-Balchin, and S. Hart Studies on the mode of action of the essential oil of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia P. Miller) Phytother. Res. 13 1999 540 542
24. M. Mihara, and M. Uchiyama Determination of malonaldehyde precursor in tissues by thiobarbituric acid test Anal. Biochem. 86 1978 271 278
25. K. Murakami, T. Kondo, and P.H. Chan Reperfusion following focal cerebral ischemia alters distribution of neuronal cells with DNA fragmentation in mice Brain Res. 751 1997 160 164
26. R. Raghupathi, K.I. Strauss, C. Zhang, S. Krajewski, J.C. Reed, and T.K. McIntosh Temporal alterations in cellular Bax:Bcl-2 ratio following traumatic brain injury in the rat J. Neurotrauma 20 2003 421 435
27. D. Reglodi, A. Tamás, and I. Lengvári Examination of sensorimotor performance following middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats Brain Res. Bull. 59 2003 459 466
28. J. Rosand, and L.H. Schwamm Management of brain edema complicating stroke J. Intensive Care Med. 16 2001 128 141
29. J.M. Rosenstein, N. Mani, W.F. Silverman, and J.M. Krum Patterns of brain angiogenesis after vascular endothelial growth factor administration in vitro and in vivo Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A 95 1998 7086 7091
30. K.L. Schaar, M.M. Brenneman, and S.I. Savitz Functional assessments in the rodent stroke model Exp. Transl. Stroke Med. 19 2(1) 2010 13 10.1186/2040-7378-2-13
31. Y. Sun, K. Jin, L. Xie, J. Childs, X.O. Mao, A. Logvinova, and D.A. Greenberg VEGF-induced neuroprotection, neurogenesis, and angiogenesis after focal cerebral ischemia J. Clin. Invest. 111 2003 1843 1851
32. A. Vakili, S. Mojarad, M.M. Akhavan, and A. Rashidy- pour Pentoxifylline attenuates TNF-α protein levels and brain edema following temporary focal cerebral ischemia in rats Brain Res. 1377 2011 119 125
33. D. Wang, X. Yuan, T. Liu, L. Liu, Y. Hu, Z. Wang, and Q. Zheng Neuroprotective activity of lavender oil on transient focal cerebral ischemia in mice Molecules 17 2012 9803 9817