The aqueous extracts of Passiflora alata and Passiflora edulis reduce anxiety-related behaviors without affecting memory process in rats

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-288

  Barbosa, Paulo R ^a   Valvassori, Samira S ^a   Bordignon Jr , Celso L ^b   Kappel, Virginia D ^b   Martins, Márcio R ^a   Gavioli, Elaine C ^a   Quevedo, João ^a   Reginatto, Flávio H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Inhibitory avoidance task; Learning and memory; Passiflora

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; FLAVONOID; PASSIFLORA ALATA EXTRACT; PASSIFLORA EDULIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HABITUATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PASSION FRUIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DIAZEPAM; FLAVONOIDS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PASSIFLORA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WATER;

PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA ALATA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 46749143317     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.722     Document Type: Article

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