Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2022

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper is the forty-fifth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

[HTML][HTML] From plant to chemistry: Sources of active opioid antinociceptive principles for medicinal chemistry and drug design

R Turnaturi, S Piana, S Spoto, G Costanzo, L Reina… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pain continues to be an enormous global health challenge, with millions of new untreated or
inadequately treated patients reported annually. With respect to current clinical applications …

Bioactive compounds for neuropathic pain: An update on preclinical studies and future perspectives

CL Shen, L Castro, CY Fang, M Castro… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among different types of chronic pain, neuropathic pain (NP), arising from damage to the
nervous system, including peripheral fibers and central neurons, is notoriously difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] Healthy zerumbone: from natural sources to strategies to improve its bioavailability and oral administration

MD Ibáñez, NM Sánchez-Ballester, MA Blázquez - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zerumbone is a multifunctional compound with antimicrobial, antitumor, hyperalgesic,
antioxidant and anti-inflammatory applications, and constitutes a point molecule for the …

[HTML][HTML] Nutraceuticals: A source of benefaction for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia

G Mishra, P Singh, M Molla, YS Yimer… - Journal of functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Though both neuropathy and fibromyalgia are serious complications that cause widespread
pain, distinguishing between the two in order to provide adequate care is difficult. Metabolic …

Jatrorrhizine ameliorates Schwann cell myelination via inhibiting HDAC3 ability to recruit Atxn2l for regulating the NRG1‐ErbB2‐PI3K‐AKT pathway in diabetic …

X Gong, Z Gui, X Ye, X Li - Phytotherapy Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a chronic complication associated with nerve
dysfunction and uncontrolled hyperglycemia. Unfortunately, due to its complicated etiology …

Zingiber zerumbet: a scoping review of its medicinal properties

JSW Chan, XY Lim, N Japri, IF Ahmad… - Planta Medica, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Zingiber zerumbet, a plant native to tropical and subtropical Asia, has a vast range of
traditional uses and has been continuously studied for its medicinal properties. However, a …

[HTML][HTML] Zerumbone ameliorates neuropathic pain symptoms via cannabinoid and PPAR receptors using in vivo and in silico models

JSM Chia, AAO Farouk, TAST Mohamad, MR Sulaiman… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neuropathic pain is a chronic pain condition persisting past the presence of any noxious
stimulus or inflammation. Zerumbone, of the Zingiber zerumbet ginger plant, has exhibited …

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral ablation of type III adenylyl cyclase induces hyperalgesia and eliminates KOR-mediated analgesia in mice

WW Zhang, H Cao, Y Li, XJ Fu, YQ Zhang - JCI insight, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Ca 2+/calmodulin-stimulated group I adenylyl cyclase (AC) isoforms AC1 and AC8
have been involved in nociceptive processing and morphine responses. However, whether …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the analgesic effect of ginger

C Andrei, A Zanfirescu, GM Nițulescu, S Negreș - Nutraceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic pain has a high prevalence and a profound impact on patients and society, and its
treatment is a real challenge in clinical practice. Ginger is emerging as a promising …