Role of chrysin in the sedative effects of Passiflora incarnata L.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Speroni, E ^a   Billi, R ^a   Perellino, N Crespi ^b   Minghetti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BioScience Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

cell cultures; chrysin; Passiflora species; sedative activity

Indexed keywords

CHRYSIN; PASSIFLORA COERULEA EXTRACT; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PENTOBARBITAL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; SEDATION; SLEEP TIME;

ANIMALIA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA;

EID: 0030513929     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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