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

Leaves from several Passiflora species are largely employed in the Brazilian folk medicine as anxiolytic and sedative. In this work the anxiolytic, sedative-like properties and liquid chromatography analysis of methanolic extract of Passiflora actinia were evaluated. The methanol extract and all of...

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Main Authors: Kely Cristina dos Santos, Stella Maris Tessaro Figura Kurtz, Simony Davet Müller, Maique Weber Biavatti, Rúbia Maria Monteiro Weffort de Oliveira, Cid Aimbiré de Moraes Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-07-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000500005