The Effects and Mechanisms of Phytochemicals on Pain Management and Analgesic
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Phytochemicals and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 June 2025 | Viewed by 6629
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antioxidants; acute pain; chronic pain; oxidative stress; biomarker; mitochondria; polyphenols; natural antioxidants; synthetic antioxidants; nutraceuticals
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Dear Colleagues,
Medicinal plants are considered an important source of new chemical substances with therapeutic effects. Therefore, research on plants with putative uses as analgesics should be focused on as a strategy to identify new analgesic drugs. Historically, medicinal plants have been used to treat and prevent diseases, and natural antioxidants have recently contributed to developing new drugs for managing chronic pain, including neuropathic pain. The aim of this Special Issue is to examine the role of phytochemicals in pain management and analgesics by analyzing their mechanisms of action, therapeutic efficacy and potential clinical use.
Dr. Sara Ilari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- chemical substance
- natural antioxidants
- metabolism
- pain
- nutraceuticals
- phytochemicals
- oxidative stress
- pain biomarker
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