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ReviewMolecular pain2025

EXPRESS: Honokiol and analgesia: a mechanistic review on the current capacities and challenges.

Behrang Nooralishahi, Mehdi Dehghani, Fatemeh Rezaee Tazangi

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Review in Molecular pain, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Behrang NooralishahiTehran Heart Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Anesthesiology, Critical care, and Pain Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehdi DehghaniTehran Heart Center, Cardiovascular Diseases Research Institute, Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Research Center, Tehran University of medical science, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh Rezaee TazangiDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1402-6482

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Abstract

Pain is an unfavorable subjective sensation influencing 20% of the public population, giving rise to substantial health and economic issues. Several categories of pain, such as acute and chronic pain, have been determined according to factors like pathophysiological mechanism, etiology, and anatomical locations. The current analgesic drugs are the cornerstone of pain management; however, some challenges, such as short-term relief and concerns about addiction, dependence, and side effects, warrant alternative choices for pain alleviation. In the recent decade, the importance of polyphenolic compounds, particularly honokiol, has increased due to their diverse therapeutic and biological features like anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and immune regulatory properties. Also, some documents have accentuated the striking role of honokiol in exerting analgesic effects in conditions such as inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain, and gouty arthritis. Ergo, the current literature review aimed to discuss the analgesic potential of honokiol in the mentioned conditions with a mechanistic insight.

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AnalgesiaAntinociceptiveHonokiolPain

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PMCPMC12534808

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