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Mexican Plants and Derivates Compounds as Alternative for Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain Treatment-A Review

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PLANTS-BASEL
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants10050865

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neuropathic pain; inflammatory pain; chronic pain; natural compounds; Mexican plants; pain treatment

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  1. Facultad de Quimica [PAIP 5000-9143]
  2. Direccion General de Asuntos del Personal Academico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico [PAPIIT-IN218320]
  3. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia [A1-S-9698]

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Most studies on Mexican medicinal plants have focused on inflammatory experimental models for testing their anti-pain properties, with results showing lack of adverse effects and safety for consumption. However, there is still no convincing evidence on the possible mechanisms of action involved in the anti-pain properties of Mexican plants, highlighting the need for further isolation and pharmacological characterization of their compounds for future preclinical studies.
Despite the availability of many anti-pain drugs, in the form of NSAIDs, steroids, gabapentinoids, opioids, and antidepressants, in this study we address the natural compounds belonging to the group of Mexican medicinal plants or Mexican folk medicine, used for pain management in Mexico. Our interest in this subject is due to the growing idea that natural is harmless and to the large number of side effects exhibited in pharmacotherapy. The objective of this review was to document the scientific evidence about Mexican medicinal plants and their derivatives used for inflammatory and neuropathic pain treatment, as well as the mechanisms of action implicated in their antinociceptive effects, their possible adverse effects, and the main pharmacological aspects of each plant or compound. Our data review suggested that most studies on Mexican medicinal plants have used inflammatory experimental models for testing. The anti-pain properties exerted by medicinal plants lack adverse effects, and their toxicological assays report that they are safe to consume; therefore, more studies should be performed on preclinical neuropathic pain models. Moreover, there is no convincing evidence about the possible mechanisms of action involved in the anti-pain properties exerted by Mexican plants. Therefore, the isolation and pharmacological characterization of these plant derivatives' compounds will be important in the design of future preclinical studies.

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