07/01/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Pakistani researchers tested a methanolic extract from the nootropic plant Bacopa monnieri (waterhyssop) for prospective antinociceptive effects. They showed that the B. monnieri extract could serve as a complementary therapy for cases of neuropathic pain that are complicated by allodynia and hyperalgesia.
The University of Peshawar supported this study. The findings were published in the scientific journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
The researchers conclude that B. monnieri merits further studies in order to find out its precise means of blocking pain as well as to test its effectiveness on other neuropathic pain models. Likewise, its primary bioactive compound – bacoside-A – requires additional testing to determine its role and importance in alleviating neuropathic pain.
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Journal reference
Shahid M, Subhan F, Ahmad N, Ullah I. A BACOSIDES CONTAINING BACOPA MONNIERI EXTRACT ALLEVIATES ALLODYNIA AND HYPERALGESIA IN THE CHRONIC CONSTRICTION INJURY MODEL OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN RATS. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2017;17(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1807-z.
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