Sedative and anxiolytic effects of methanolic extract from the leaves of Passiflora actinia

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 565-573

  Dos Santos, Kely Cristina ^a   Kurtz, Stella Maris Tessaro Figura ^a   Müller, Simony Davet ^b   Biavatti, Maique Weber ^b   De Oliveira, Rúbia Maria Monteiro Weffort ^c   Santos, Cid Aimbiré De Moraes ^a  

^a Laboratório de Farmacognosia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Isovitexin; Passiflora actinia; Passifloraceae; Sedative

Indexed keywords

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA ACTINIA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE;

EID: 33749059764     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132006000500005     Document Type: Article

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