Dr. Salman Ahmed

Natural antiemetics: an overview

• Authors Details :  
• Salman Ahmed,  
• Muhammad Mohtasheemul Hasan ,  
• Syed Waseemuddin Ahmed

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Emesis encompasses the forceful expulsion of the stomach's contents via the mouth or sometimes the nose. The adverse effects of currently available anti-emetic agents potentiate the natural product researchers to explore natural anti-emetics with fewer side effects. The presented communication reviews the anti-emetic effect of two hundred and forty-five plants belonging to seventy-eight families in different parts of the world. It also outlined the anti-emetic effect of plant extracts and isolated secondary metabolites studied through a variety of animal models of emesis. The reported anti-emetic plants in different countries and cultures and the scientific studies on extracts may help in the identification of promising single chemical compound(s) that may be used as potential leads for developing safe anti-emetic agents in future. Moreover, the reported secondary metabolites having the same effect may open the door for the search for the same secondary metabolites from other natural sources. This review will provide useful information for discovering natural anti-emetic compounds and fill the gaps in knowledge.

Article Subject Details

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

Article Keywords Details

• chlorpromazine
• Antiemetic
• Chicks
• Copper sulphate induced vomiting
• Pharmacognosy
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacy

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