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ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH
Volume 32, Issue 11, Pages 1643-1649Publisher
PHARMACEUTICAL SOC KOREA
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-009-2119-8
Keywords
Vanillin; Antinociception; Inflammatory pain; alpha(2) adrenoceptor; Opioid receptor
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- Korean Government (MOEHRD) [KRF-2007-412-J00501]
- Medical Research Center program of MOST/KOSEF [R13-2005022- 03002-0]
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In the present study, the antinociceptive profiles of vanillin were examined in ICR mice. Vanillin administered orally (from 1 to 10 mg/kg) showed an antinociceptive effect in a dose-dependent manner as measured in the acetic acid-induced writhing test. Duration of antinociceptive action of vanillin maintained at least for 30 min. But, the cumulative response time of nociceptive behaviors induced by a subcutaneous (s.c.) formalin injection, intrathecal (i.t.) substance P (0.7 A mu g) or glutamate (20 A mu g) injection was not affected by vanillin. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) pretreatment with yohimbine (alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor antagonist) or naloxone (opioid receptor antagonist) attenuated antinociceptive effect induced by vanillin in the writhing test. However, phentolamine (alpha(1)-adrenergic receptor antagonist) or methysergide (5-HT serotonergic receptor antagonist) did not affect antinociception induced by vanillin in the writhing test. Our results suggest that vanillin exerts a selective antinociceptive property in the acetic acidinduced visceral inflammatory pain model. Furthermore, this antinociceptive effect of vanillin may be mediated by alpha(2)-adrenergic and opioid receptors, but not alpha(1)-adrenergic and serotonergic receptors.
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