Assessment of the hypnotic/sedative effects and toxicity of Passiflora edulis aqueous extract in rodents and humans
dc.contributor.author | Maluf, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Barros, HMT | |
dc.contributor.author | Frochtengarten, Mario Luiz [UNIFESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Benti, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | LEITE, JR | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-24T11:40:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-24T11:40:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991-12-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Passiflora species are used in folk medicine as hypnotic and sedative treatments. in this study the hypnotic-sedative effects and toxicity of Passiflora edulis were assessed in rats and mice and in healthy volunteers. It was verified that some samples of Passiflora edulis had a nonspecific central nervous system depressant effect. Furthermore, hepatobiliary and pancreatic toxicity to animals and humans were detected. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | ESCOLA PAULISTA MED SCH,DEPT PSYCHOBIOL,862 RUA BOTUCATU,BR-04023 São Paulo,BRAZIL | |
dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | ESCOLA PAULISTA MED SCH,DEPT PSYCHOBIOL,862 RUA BOTUCATU,BR-04023 São Paulo,BRAZIL | |
dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
dc.format.extent | 262-266 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ptr.2650050607 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Phytotherapy Research. W Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, v. 5, n. 6, p. 262-266, 1991. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/ptr.2650050607 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0951-418X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/25232 | |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:A1991GT67400006 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Phytotherapy Research | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
dc.rights.license | http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-406071.html | |
dc.subject | PASSIFLORA-EDULIS | en |
dc.subject | SLEEPING-TIME | en |
dc.subject | SEDATIVE HYPNOTIC EFFECTS | en |
dc.subject | TOXICITY | en |
dc.subject | DEPRESSANT EFFECT | en |
dc.title | Assessment of the hypnotic/sedative effects and toxicity of Passiflora edulis aqueous extract in rodents and humans | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |