Petry R D, Reginatto F, de-Paris F, Gosmann G, Salgueiro J B, Quevedo J, Kapczinski F, Ortega G G, Schenkel E P
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Phytother Res. 2001 Mar;15(2):162-4. doi: 10.1002/ptr.694.
Several species of the genus Passiflora, known in Brazil as "maracujá", have widespread use in folk medicine as sedatives and tranquillizers. The anxiolytic activity of hydroethanol extracts of P. alata and P. edulis leaves was evaluated using the elevated plus-maze test. The extracts presented anxiolytic activity in dosages around 50, 100 and 150 mg/kg.
西番莲属的几个物种，在巴西被称为“maracujá”，在民间医学中作为镇静剂和镇定剂被广泛使用。使用高架十字迷宫试验评估了翅茎西番莲和可食西番莲叶子的水乙醇提取物的抗焦虑活性。提取物在50、100和150毫克/千克左右的剂量下呈现出抗焦虑活性。
