Nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ), a 17-amino-acid peptide, is an endogenous agonist whose receptor is similar in sequence to mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors. It has been reported that N/OFQ can block antinociceptive effects induced by opioid receptor agonists in the radiant heat tail-flick test and warm water tail-withdrawal test. The present study was designed to see the effect of N/OFQ on ...

BACKGROUND Hybanthus enneaspermus (HE) leaves are being used traditionally to relieve pain, and scientific studies have demonstrated their analgesic potential. This study attempted to elucidate the pharmacological mechanism(s) involved in the analgesic action of ethanol extract of H. enneaspermus leaves (EEHE). MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-two male Wistar rats were separately randomized into s...

Ten new synthetic thiazolidine-4-ones derivatives (5 chlorothiazolidine-4-ones, 3 methoxythiazolidine-4-ones and 2 hydoxythiazolidine-4-ones) having different substituents at R1, R2 and R3 were evaluated for their analgesic activity using different animal models and their structure activity relationship was also elucidated. Chlorothiazolidine-4-ones and methoxythiazolidine-4-ones exhibited anal...

Article history: Received on: 13/12/2016 Accepted on: 08/02/2017 Available online: 30/03/2017 Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of peripheral neuropathy and patients suffer from chronic peripheral pain. Artemisia herba-alba (Ah) is a prevalent plant with extensive traditional uses. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of Ah in STZ-model of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Af...

Khaksarian M1, Meshkatosadat MH2, Farzi R3, Safarpour F3 1. Instructor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 2. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic sciences, Lorestan University 3. M.Sc of Physiology, Staff member of Neurology Sciences Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences Abstract Backgr...

The selected parts of four medicinal plants, Achillea millefolium, Hibiscus rosasinensis, Linum usitatissimum and Pluchea lanceolata were extracted in absolute methanol to determine their analgesic activity. Analgesic activity was assessed on intact mice by tail flick latency via the tail immersion method. The analgesic activities of these plant extracts were compared with acetylsalicylic a...