Ouardia CHAOUCHI

Dr. Ouardia CHAOUCHI

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 July 2025 in Pharmaceuticals
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Ouardia CHAOUCHI
Velislava TodorovaVelislava Todorova
Velislava Todorova
Stanislava IvanovaStanislava Ivanova
Stanislava Ivanova
EDElizabet Dzhambazova
Elizabet Dzhambazova
FFFERNANE Farida
FERNANE Farida
ZPZhivko Peychev
Zhivko Peychev
Background: Thymus numidicus Poiret. (Lamiaceae) is an endemic plant with well-known antibacterial properties. It has been largely used in traditional Algerian medicine. This study aimed to compare the chemical composition of essential oils (EOs) extracted from leaves and flowers using the gas chromatography–mass spectrometry method, as well as to investigate its analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities. Results: The EOs were rich in monoterpenes and classified as a thymol chemotype. In vivo experiments revealed that acute treatment with T. numidicus EO (20 and 80 mg/kg) significantly increased the thermal threshold on the hot-plate at all tested hours compared to the control animals (p < 0.001, respectively), while only the higher dose had a similar effect to the metamizole group at 2 and 3 h. In the mechanical stimulus test, both doses of the EO led to a late analgesic effect presented with increased paw withdrawal threshold only during the third hour compared to the control group (p < 0.05, respectively). In the plethysmometer test both doses of the EO dose-dependently reduced paw volume with nearly 10% and 15% compared to the control animals at all tested hours (p < 0.001, respectively), with a more pronounced volume reduction in the higher dose. In a neuropathic pain model, the EO (20 mg/kg and 80 mg/kg) dose-dependently increased the withdrawal latency time towards thermal stimuli and enhanced the paw withdrawal threshold in response to mechanical pressure at all tested hours compared to the CCI-group (p < 0.001, respectively). These findings demonstrate the potent analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of T. numidicus EO in models of acute and neuropathic pain.

5 March 2025 in Toxicon
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OCOuardia CHAOUCHI
Ouardia CHAOUCHI
FFFarida Fernane
Farida Fernane
NZNacira Daoudi Zerrouki
Nacira Daoudi Zerrouki
HIHakima Ait Issad
Hakima Ait Issad
TCThinhinane Chaouchi
Thinhinane Chaouchi
KHKarim Houali
Karim Houali

9 January 2025 in Toxicon
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OCOuardia CHAOUCHI
Ouardia CHAOUCHI
FFFarida Fernane
Farida Fernane
NZNacira Daoudi Zerrouki
Nacira Daoudi Zerrouki
HIHakima Ait Issad
Hakima Ait Issad
TCThinhinane Chaouchi
Thinhinane Chaouchi
KHKarim Houali
Karim Houali