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Amelioration of Colitis from Nature and its Immunological Implications: Current and Future Perspectives

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Emmanuel O. Adediran 1
Prabha S. Awale 2
Udai P. Singh 3

1 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States of America

2 Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University, Pocatello, United States of America

3 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Memphis, United States of America

10.22087/hmj.v7i3.893
Abstract
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory condition of the intestine. IBD is characterized by abdominal pains, diarrhea, fever, chills, cramps, and bloating and if not properly managed, it can be life-threatening. Interestingly, medicinal plants have been identified and validated to attenuate this condition due to the presence of natural products using different animal models via aryl hydrocarbon receptor and Adenosine 5′-monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling pathways. This review briefly discusses some of the natural products and medicinal plants, that can be used and developed as therapeutics for IBD treatment coupled with their immunological consequences. It recommends the need to use computational approaches to identify novel targets as well as the synthesis of structural analogs of endogenous ligands and natural products that are modulators of the identified and novel molecular targets coupled with the profiling of their biological activities and side effects. 

Keywords

Colitis
Medicinal plants
Natural Products
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Immunology
Herbal Medicines Journal
Volume 7, Issue 3
Spring 2022
Pages 110-118

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