Neuropharmacological evaluation of the putative anxiolytic effects of Passiflora edulis Sims, its sub-fractions and flavonoid constituents

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1067-1073

  Coleta, Miguel ^a,d   Batista, Maria Teresa ^a   Campos, Maria Graça ^a   Carvalho, Rui ^b   Cotrim, Maria Dulce ^a   De Lima, Thereza Christina M ^c   Da Cunha, António Proença ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Flavonoid glycosides; Luteolin 7 O 2 rhamnosylglucoside ; Passiflora edulis Sims

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLAVONOID; LUTEOLIN 7 O [2 RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE]; PASSIFLORA EDULIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; FRACTIONATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PASSION FRUIT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLAVONES; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSIDES; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PASSIFLORA; PLANT EXTRACTS; WATER;

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS;

EID: 33845599053     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1997     Document Type: Article

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