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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

The Role of Saponins in the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain.

Bei Tan, Xueqing Wu, Jie Yu, Zhong Chen

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Unveiling the Applications of Phytoconstituents in Neuropathic Pain.Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bei TanKey Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Xueqing WuKey Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Jie YuKey Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Zhong ChenKey Laboratory of Neuropharmacology and Translational Medicine of Zhejiang Province, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4755-9357
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

Research Project of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University 2021JKJNTZ010B, 2021JKJNTZ011B, 2021JKGJYY027Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation LD22H310003, LY22H280008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropathic pain is a chronic pain caused by tissue injury or disease involving the somatosensory nervous system, which seriously affects the patient's body function and quality of life. At present, most clinical medications for the treatment of neuropathic pain, including antidepressants, antiepileptic drugs, or analgesics, often have limited efficacy and non-negligible side effects. As a bioactive and therapeutic component extracted from Chinese herbal medicine, the role of the effective compounds in the prevention and treatment of neuropathic pain have gradually become a research focus to explore new analgesics. Notably, saponins have shown analgesic effects in a large number of animal models. In this review, we summarized the most updated information of saponins, related to their analgesic effects in neuropathic pain, and the recent progress on the research of therapeutic targets and the potential mechanisms. Furthermore, we put up with some perspectives on future investigation to reveal the precise role of saponins in neuropathic pain.

Indexed as

Chronic PainNeuralgiaSaponinsAnalgesicsAnimalsQuality of LifeAnalgesicsSaponinschemical structuremechanismneuropathic painsaponins

Identifiers

PMID35745079
PMCPMC9227328
OpenAlexW4283260822

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