Dr. Salman Ahmed

Anti-emetic effects of bioactive natural products

• Authors Details :  
• Salman Ahmed,  
• Muhammad Mohtasheemul Hasan,  
• Syed Waseemuddin Ahmed,  
• Zafar Alam Mahmood,  
• Iqbal Azhar ,  
• Solomon Habtemariam

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Emesis, also known as nausea and vomiting, are common symptoms associated with ingestion of toxicants, drug side effects, advanced terminal diseases such as cancer and postoperative procedures. Emesis is mediated through the coordinated action of central and peripheral regulatory centres that involve receptors including dopamine Type 2, serotonin, muscarinic cholinergic, histamine, cannabinoids and NK-1 receptors. Many anti-emetic drugs targeting these receptors are currently in use, but they also cause undesirable side effects such as excessive sedation, hypotension, dry mouth, dysphoria, hallucinations and extrapyramidal signs. This review highlights the pharmacological mechanism of emesis, current antiemetic drugs, and a detailed analysis of in vitro and in vivo anti-emetic bioassay models. The pharmacology of crude natural products extracts and purified anti-emetic compounds (cannabinoids, chalcones, diarylheptanoids, flavonoids, hydroxycinnamic acids, lignans, phenylpropanoids, polysaccharides, saponins, terpenes and glycosidic derivatives) are also systematically presented with their mechanism of action. The potential of natural products as sources of new clinically proven anti-emetic drugs is discussed.

Article Subject Details

• Perioperative medicine
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacology and toxicology
• Pharmacy
• Research

Article Keywords Details

• Antiemetic
• Bioactice compounds
• Chicks
• Copper sulphate induced vomiting
• Natural products
• Phytomedicine

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