ReviewPain and therapy2020
Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Nociceptive Effects of Cocoa: A Review on Future Perspectives in Treatment of Pain.
Review in Pain and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Cocoa Supplementation on the Biochemical and Clinical Profile and the Somatosensory Processing of Diabetic Peripheral and Autonomic Neuropathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Trial
- An Isobolographic Analysis of the Antinociceptive Effect ofNutrients · 2025Article
- Forastero cacao bean extract gel decreases IL-6 positive osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes on OIRR model: A primitive study.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Article
- Mixed pain: clinical practice recommendations.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Polyphenols and extracts fromFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
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- Protective Effect of a Cocoa-Enriched Diet on Oxidative Stress Induced by Intensive Acute Exercise in Rats.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Cocoa Diet Can Partially Attenuate the Alterations in Microbiota and Mucosal Immunity Induced by a Single Session of Intensive Exercise in Rats.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Network pharmacology and in vitro testing of Theobroma cacao extract's antioxidative activity and its effects on cancer cell survival.PloS one · 2022Article
- Food for Special Medical Purposes and Nutraceuticals for Pain: A Narrative Review.Pain and therapy · 2021Review
- Dual Anti-Malarial and GSK3β-Mediated Cytokine-Modulating Activities of Quercetin Are Requisite of Its Potential as a Plant-Derived Therapeutic in Malaria.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders: Progress and Perspective.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020Review
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Cocoa has been reported to have medicinal properties. It contains a wide range of phytochemicals, including polyphenols, which have been shown to exert anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actions, and also to have a positive effect on pain. Other components of cocoa might be able to positively influence pain perception through various mechanisms. Despite encouraging results from preclinical studies, there is a lack of evidence of antinociceptive effects of cocoa from clinical trials in humans. Further research is needed to better identify the active principles in cocoa, to understand the underlying mechanisms of action, and to establish efficacy in humans.
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