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    Figueiredo, Cristiane Santos Silva E Silva; Oliveira, Patrícia Vieira de; Saminez, Warlison Felipe da Silva; Diniz, Roseana Muniz; Mendonça, Juliana Silva Pereira; Silva, Lucas Dos Santos; Paiva, Miria Yasmim Miranda; Nascimento, Mayara de Santana do; Aliança, Amanda Silva Dos Santos; Zagmignan, Adrielle; Rodrigues, João Francisco Silva; Souza, Joicy Cortêz de Sá; Grisotto, Marcos Augusto Grigolin; Silva, Luís Cláudio Nascimento da

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 01/2023, Letnik: 28, Številka: 3
    Journal Article

    Cinnamaldehyde (CNM) is an essential-oil component with reported anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, and healing effects, making it an interesting compound for the treatment of wound infection. Herein, we evaluated the effects of topical administration of CNM in experimental wounds infected by . mice ( = 12/group) were randomly allocated into three groups (CON: animals with uninfected lesions; Sa: animals with untreated infected lesions; Sa + CNM: animals with infected wounds and treated with CNM). Excisional lesions (64 mm ) were induced at the dorsal area followed by the addition of (80 μL of a 1.5 × 10 CFU/mL bacterial suspension). The wounds were treated with CNM (200 μg/wound/day) or vehicle (2% DMSO) for 10 days. Skin samples were taken on the 3 or 10 treatment day for quantification of inflammatory mediators, bacterial load, immunophenotyping, and histological analysis. The treatment with CNM improved the healing process and attenuated the severity of skin lesions infected by . These effects were associated with significant decreases in bacterial loads in CNM-treated wounds. The levels of neutrophils, TNF-α, IL-6, NO, and VEGF were decreased in the lesions treated with CNM. Taken together, these data provide further evidence of the effectiveness of CNM for the treatment of skin infections.