Origanum Compactum Essential Oil Ameliorates Triton WR-1339-Induced Hyperlipidemia in Rats: Chemical Composition and Acute Toxicity

The impact of Origanum compactum essential oil (EO) at 80 mg kg(-1) on Triton WR-1339-induced hyperlipidemia in rats was investigated.The EO's phytochemical composition revealed the predominance of carvacrol (35.71%), p-cymene (13.74%), and carvacrol methyl ether (11.71%). Triton WR-1339 led to elevations in total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TGs), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), as well asatherogenic indices encompassing the atherogenic coefficient (AC), Castelli's risk index I (CRI-I), and Castelli's risk index II (CRI-II). Conversely, pretreatment with O. Compactum EO for sevendays exerted a preventive effect against the increase of TC, TGs, LDL-C, VLDL-C, AC, CRI-I.