Beyond its anti‐migraine properties, sumatriptan is an anti‐inflammatory agent: A systematic review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moein Ala ◽  
Mehdi Ghasemi ◽  
Razieh Mohammad Jafari ◽  
Ahmad Reza Dehpour
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Inflammatory Agent ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

scholarly journals Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Heparin and Its Derivatives: A Systematic Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Mousavi ◽  
Mandana Moradi ◽  
Tina Khorshidahmad ◽  
Maryam Motamedi
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Randomized Clinical Trials ◽  
Jadad Score ◽  
Inflammatory Agent ◽  
Mesh Terms ◽  
Single Target ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Quality Assessments

Background. Heparin, used clinically as an anticoagulant, also has anti-inflammatory properties. The purpose of this systematic review was to provide a comprehensive review regarding the efficacy and safety of heparin and its derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents.Methods. We searched the following databases up to March 2012: Pub Med, Scopus, Web of Science, Ovid, Elsevier, and Google Scholar using combination of Mesh terms. Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs) and trials with quasi-experimental design in clinical setting published in English were included. Quality assessments of RCTs were performed using Jadad score and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist.Results. A total of 280 relevant studies were reviewed and 57 studies met the inclusion criteria. Among them 48 studies were RCTs. About 65% of articles had score of 3 and higher according to Jadad score. Twelve studies had a quality score > 40% according to CONSORT items. Asthma (n=7), inflammatory bowel disease (n=5), cardiopulmonary bypass (n=8), and cataract surgery (n=6) were the most studied disease condition. Forty studies use unfractionated heparin (UFH) for intervention; the remaining studies use low molecular weight heparin (LMWH).Conclusion. Despite the conflicting results, heparin seems to be a safe and effective anti-inflammatory agent; although it is shown that heparin can decrease the level of inflammatory biomarkers and improves patient conditions, still more data from larger rigorously designed studies are needed to support use of heparin as an anti-inflammatory agent in clinical setting. However, because of the association between inflammation, atherogenesis, thrombogenesis, and cell proliferation, heparin and related compounds with pleiotropic effects may have greater therapeutic efficacy than compounds acting against a single target.

Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Plant Derived Natural Products – A Systematic Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (24) ◽  
pp. 4506-4536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris E. Allijn ◽  
René P. Brinkhuis ◽  
Gert Storm ◽  
Raymond M. Schiffelers
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Natural Products ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Therapeutic Effects ◽  
Reference Compound ◽  
Individual Molecular Species ◽  
The Past ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Natural Medicines

Traditionally, natural medicines have been administered as plant extracts, which are composed of a mixture of molecules. The individual molecular species in this mixture may or may not contribute to the overall medicinal effects and some may even oppose the beneficial activity of others. To better control therapeutic effects, studies that characterized specific molecules and describe their individual activity that have been performed over the past decades. These studies appear to underline that natural products are particularly effective as antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents. In this systematic review we aimed to identify potent anti-inflammatory natural products and relate their efficacy to their chemical structure and physicochemical properties. To identify these compounds, we performed a comprehensive literature search to find those studies, in which a dose-response description and a positive control reference compound was used to benchmark the observed activity. Of the analyzed papers, 7% of initially selected studies met these requirements and were subjected to further analysis. This analysis revealed that most selected natural products indeed appeared to possess anti-inflammatory activities, in particular anti-oxidative properties. In addition, 14% of the natural products outperformed the remaining natural products in all tested assays and are attractive candidates as new anti-inflammatory agents.

Helenalin: An Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Neoplastic Agent: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1134-1146
Author(s):  
Priyanka Kriplani ◽  
Kumar Guarve ◽  
Uttam S. Baghel
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Inflammatory Agent ◽  
Skin Cancers ◽  
Medicinal Properties ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

Objective: Helenalin is a natural anti-inflammatory agent that is proving its efficacy to treat various medical conditions. Though many plants are proving their effectiveness but their mechanisms are still not well understood. The objective of the review is to summarize various mechanisms of helenalin to treat inflammatory disorders and cancers, adverse effects, and avenues of further research. Methods: Structured research was carried out including Pub med, Science direct Medline, Research Gate and Google Scholar to find all articles published on helenalin. Various keywords used were “helenalin”, “Arnica”, “cancer”, “anti-inflammatory”, “cardiovascular”, “IBD”, “pharmacokinetics” etc. The aim of the review was to find out the problem prevailing in the data published to date which will help the researchers to investigate the molecule clinically. Results: Seventy articles are included in the review. Helenalin is found to cure chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, ulcers and malignancies like stomach, colon, breast, larynx, lung and skin cancers via multiple mechanisms. These diseases do not proceed via a unilateral pathway. So, it can be a useful molecule to treat numerous diseases. Conclusion: This review article will help us to systemically analyze the wealth of information concerning the medicinal properties of helenalin and to recognize the gaps which have vetoed its pervasive application in the medical community.

scholarly journals The potential effects of Centella asiatica ethanolic extracts as an anti-inflammatory agent through decreasing TNF-α expression in indomethacin-induced gastric ulcer model rats

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priscilla Maiselina Sriepindonnta ◽  
Fatimah Nur Fitriani ◽  
Savannah Quila Thirza ◽  
Made Dinda Pratiwi ◽  
Dwi Evan Prima Putra Noviardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Ulcer ◽  
Centella Asiatica ◽  
Inflammatory Agent ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Ethanolic Extracts ◽  
Ulcer Model ◽  
Anti Inflammatory
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