Abstract
Aldehyde dehydrogenese-2 (ALDH-2) is a mithocondrial enzyme which metabolizes reactive aldehydes. Aldehydes accumulation such as 4-hidroxinonenal (4-HNE) has been related to increased pain. 4-HNE is an aldehyde formed by the oxidation of unsatured lipids in the mitochondrial membrane. Recently, our group showed that activation of ALDH2, using a small molecule called Alda-1, displays antin…