TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Ethnopharmacological applications targeting alcohol abuse: overview and outlook
JO  - Frontiers in pharmacology
A1  - Singh, Laxman
A1  - Joshi, Tanuj
A1  - Tewari, Devesh
A1  - Echeverría, Javier
A1  - Mocan, Andrei
A1  - Sah, Archana N.
A1  - Parvanov, Emil
A1  - Tzvetkov, Nikolay T.
A1  - Ma, Zheng Feei
A1  - Lee, Yeong Yeh
A1  - Poznański, Piotr
A1  - Huminiecki, Lukasz
A1  - Sacharczuk, Mariusz
A1  - Jóźwik, Artur
A1  - Horbańczuk, Jarosław O.
A1  - Feder-Kubis, Joanna
A1  - Atanasov, Atanas G.
SP  - e1593
EP  - e1593
VL  - 10
IS  - 
N2  - Excessive alcohol consumption is the cause of several diseases and thus is of a major concern for society. Worldwide alcohol consumption has increased by many folds over the past decades. This urgently calls for intervention and relapse counteract measures. Modern pharmacological solutions induce complete alcohol self-restraint and prevent relapse, but they have many side effects. Natural products are most promising as they cause fewer adverse effects. Here we discuss in detail the medicinal plants used in various traditional/folklore medicine systems for targeting alcohol abuse. We also comprehensively describe preclinical and clinical studies done on some of these plants along with the possible mechanisms of action.<br><br>Copyright © 2020 Singh, Joshi, Tewari, Echeverría, Mocan, Sah, Parvanov, Tzvetkov, Ma, Lee, Poznański, Huminiecki, Sacharczuk, Jóźwik, Horbańczuk, Feder-Kubis and Atanasov.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1663-9812
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2019.01593
ID  - ref1
ER  -