Use of isothiocyanate derivatives as modulators of peripheral and neuropathic pain
The present invention relates to the use of glucomoringin (GMG) and of the corresponding isothiocyanate derivative glucomoringin des-thioglucoside (GMG-ITC) as modulators of peripheral pain with specific reference to that linked with diabetic peripheral neuropathy and chemotherapy-induced neuropathy.
1. Method of treating oxaliplatin-induced neuropathy in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising
administering glucomoringin, or glucomoringin des-thioglucoside, or an extract of Moringa oleifera seeds containing glucomoringin and/or glucomoringin des-thioglucoside to said subject; and
treating said subject of said oxaliplatin-induced neuropathy.
2. A method according to claim 1 , comprising administering glucomoringin.
3. A method according to claim 1 , comprising administering glucomoringin des-thioglucoside.