Ethnopharmacology of Q'eqchi' Maya antiepileptic and anxiolytic plants: Effects on the GABAergic system

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-264

  Awad, Rosalie ^a   Ahmed, Fida ^a   Bourbonnais Spear, Natalie ^a   Mullally, Martha ^a   Ta, Chieu Anh ^a   Tang, Andrew ^a   Merali, Zul ^a   Maquin, Pedro ^b   Caal, Francisco ^b   Cal, Victor ^b   Poveda, Luis ^c   Vindas, Pablo Sanchez ^c   Trudeau, Vance L ^a   Arnason, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Belize Indigenous Training Institute BITI   (Belize)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Epilepsy; GABA transaminase; GABAA benzodiazepine receptor; Q'eqchi' Maya

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ADIANTUM LATIFOLIUM EXTRACT; ADIANTUM PRINCEPS EXTRACT; ADIANTUM TETRAPHYLLUM EXTRACT; ADIANTUM WILSONII EXTRACT; AEGIPHYLA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; APHELANDRA EXTRACT; GONZALAGUNIA ROSEA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA ALBOBRACTEATA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA AUREA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA PECTORALIS EXTRACT; LYGODIUM HETERODOXUM EXTRACT; LYGODIUM VENUSTUM EXTRACT; MOLLINEDIA EXTRACT; PEPEROMIA EXTRACT; PEPPER EXTRACT; PETIVERIA ALLIACEA EXTRACT; PHILODENDRON EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POROPHYLLUM RUDERALE EXTRACT; PSYCHOTRIA TENUIFOLIA EXTRACT; SABICEA EXTRACT; SELAGINELLA EXTRACT; SOLANUM EXTRACT; SYNGONIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACANTHACEAE; ADIANTACEAE; ADIANTUM; ADIANTUM LATIFOLIUM; ADIANTUM PRINCEPS; ADIANTUM TETRAPHYLLUM; ADIANTUM WILSONII; AEGIPHYLA; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; APHELANDRA; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG USE; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GONZALAGUNIA ROSEA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; JUSTICIA AUREA; JUSTICIA PECTORALIS; LYGODIUM HETERODOXUM; LYGODIUM VENUSTUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLLINEDIA; PEPEROMIA; PETIVERIA ALLIACEA; PHILODENDRON; PIPERACEAE; POROPHYLLUM RUDERALE; PSYCHOTRIA TENUIFOLIA; SABICEA; SELAGINELLA; SOLANUM; SYNGONIUM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANXIETY; BELIZE; EPILEPSY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TANNINS;

ACANTHACEAE; PIPERACEAE; PTERIDACEAE;

EID: 68949189401     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.06.034     Document Type: Article

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