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ReviewNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology2025

Natural products proposed for the management of Huntington's disease (HD): a comprehensive review.

Aya Salman, Aya H Eid, Samar S Khalaf, Ahmed M El-Dessouki, Riham A El-Shiekh, Shaza H Aly

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Review in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Aya SalmanDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City , Cairo, 11829, Egypt.
Aya H EidPharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt.
Samar S KhalafBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmed M El-DessoukiPharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy6 of October City, Ahram Canadian University, Giza, 12566, Egypt.
Riham A El-ShiekhDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Aini Street, Cairo, 11562, Egypt. riham.adel@pharma.cu.edu.eg.ORCID 0000-0002-3179-3352
Shaza H AlyDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Cairo (BUC), Cairo, 11829, Egypt.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD), a neurodegenerative disease, typically begins in the prime of adulthood, followed by a gradual onset of specific mental abnormalities and cognitive and physical impairment. To the best of our knowledge, no medication exists to totally stop the progression of HD. Among numerous therapy techniques, extensive literature reviews have confirmed the medicinal importance of natural products in HD experimental models. This review provides a literature survey of natural compounds and medicinal plants used as neuroprotective agents against HD. Relevant studies were found in a variety of scientific databases, including PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Overall, natural products provided various levels of neuroprotection in preclinical HD investigations through antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, mitochondrial function maintenance, apoptosis suppression, and autophagy induction. Plants such as Bacopa monnieri, Ginkgo biloba, Panax ginseng, and Withaniasomnifera were identified as the most promising anti-HD possibilities, with several of them known as CNS-active medicines. Curcumin, epigallocatechin-gallate, ginsenosides, kaempferol, naringin, and resveratrol were identified as anti-HD compounds, some of which are well recognized neuroprotectants. Further study is required to assess the therapeutic efficacy of new herbal extracts in HD animals.

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Biological ProductsHuntington DiseaseNeuroprotective AgentsAnimalsHumansPhytotherapyPlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalBiological ProductsNeuroprotective AgentsPlant ExtractsHerbal medicinesHuntington’s diseaseNatural compoundsNeurodegenerative

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PMID40676294
PMCPMC12678610

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