Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Essential Oil Citral in Experimental Infection with in a Model Air Pouch.

This study proposes to implement an alternative and effective strategy for local treatment of disease provoked by . For the analysis of possible anti-inflammatory activity of essential oil, after establishing an air pouch model, 48 male mice of Balb/c were treated, infected, and euthanized at 4 and 8 h. Thus, the total and differential white blood cells were counted in the animal's blood, and cytokines IL-1, IL-6, and TNF- were titrated using ELISA in the air pouch lavage.