Neuropathic Pain: The Sea Provides A New Hope Of Relief

A compound initially isolated from a soft coral (Capnella imbricata) collected at Green Island off Taiwan, could lead scientists to develop a new set of treatments for neuropathic pain.

RESEARCH PAPER
Capnellene, a natural marine compound derived from soft coral, attenuates chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain in rats
Yen-Hsuan Jean, Wu-Fu Chen, Chun-Sung Sung, Chang-Yih Duh, Shi-Ying Huang, Chan-Shing Lin, Ming-Hon Tai, Shun-Fen Tzeng and Zhi-Hong Wen
British Journal of Pharmacology (2009)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00431.x

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