Title:Selected Natural and Synthetic Agents Effective against Parkinson’s
Disease with Diverse Mechanisms
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Author(s): Hayrettin Ozan Gulcan*
Affiliation:
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, 99520, T.R. North Cyprus, via Mersin 10, Turkey
Keywords:
Parkinson’s disease, Dopaminergic agonists, α-synuclein, MAO-B inhibitors, COMT inhibitors, Natural products.
Abstract: Similar to other neurodegenerative diseases, Parkinson’s disease (PD) has been extensively
investigated with respect to its neuropathological background and possible treatment options. Since
the symptomatic outcomes are generally related to dopamine deficiency, the current treatment strategies
towards PD mainly employ dopaminergic agonists as well as the compounds acting on dopamine
metabolism. These drugs do not provide disease modifying properties; therefore alternative drug discovery
studies focus on targets involved in the progressive neurodegenerative character of PD. This
study has aimed to present the pathophysiology of PD concomitant to the representation of drugs and
promising molecules displaying activity against the validated and non-validated targets of PD.