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ArticleScientific reports2016

Antinociceptive effects of vitexin in a mouse model of postoperative pain.

Qing Zhu, Li-Na Mao, Cheng-Peng Liu, Yue-Hua Sun, Bo Jiang, Wei Zhang, Jun-Xu Li

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Recent development in antihyperalgesic effect of phytochemicals: anti-inflammatory and neuro-modulatory actions.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qing ZhuSchool of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
Li-Na MaoSchool of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
Cheng-Peng LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
Yue-Hua SunSchool of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
Bo JiangSchool of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
Wei ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jun-Xu LiSchool of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, China.
Nantong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitexin, a C-glycosylated flavone present in several medicinal herbs, has showed various pharmacological activities including antinociception. The present study investigated the antinociceptive effects of vitexin in a mouse model of postoperative pain. This model was prepared by making a surgical incision on the right hindpaw and von Frey filament test was used to assess mechanical hyperalgesia. Isobolographical analysis method was used to examine the interaction between vitexin and acetaminophen. A reliable mechanical hyperalgesia was observed at 2 h post-surgery and lasted for 4 days. Acute vitexin administration (3-10 mg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently relieved this hyperalgesia, which was also observed from 1 to 3 days post-surgery during repeated daily treatment. However, repeated vitexin administration prior to surgery had no preventive value. The 10 mg/kg vitexin-induced antinociception was blocked by the opioid receptor antagonist naltrexone or the GABAA receptor antagonist bicuculline. The doses of vitexin used did not significantly suppress the locomotor activity. In addition, the combination of vitexin and acetaminophen produced an infra-additive effect in postoperative pain. Together, though vitexin-acetaminophen combination may not be useful for treating postoperative pain, vitexin exerts behaviorally-specific antinociception against postoperative pain mediated through opioid receptors and GABAA receptors, suggesting that vitexin may be useful for the control of postoperative pain.

Indexed as

AcetaminophenAnalgesicsAnimalsApigeninDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsHyperalgesiaMiceMotor ActivityPain MeasurementPostoperative PainAcetaminophenAnalgesicsApigeninvitexin

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PMID26763934
PMCPMC4817219
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