Analgesic effects of mad honey (grayanotoxin) in mice models of acute pain and painful diabetic neuropathy
HUMAN & EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY, vol.33, no.2, pp.130-135, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 33 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2014
- Doi Number: 10.1177/0960327113482693
- Journal Name: HUMAN & EXPERIMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.130-135
- Keywords: Mad honey, grayanotoxin, pain, diabetic neuropathy, mice, streptozotocin, SODIUM-CHANNELS, STREPTOZOTOCIN, NOCICEPTION
- Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this experimental study was to investigate the effects of mad honey (grayanotoxin, GTX), used in complementary medicine for a variety of purposes besides being food, on pain thresholds in normal mice as model for acute pain and diabetic mouse as model for neuropathic pain.