objective(s) there is well documented evidence for the increase in widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of physical and psychiatric symptoms and disorders within the populations. in the present study, we investigated the influence of vitex agnus-castus (vitex) on anxiety-like behaviors of rats. materials and methods elevated plus maze which is one of the met...

Conservation and preservation concerns have led to efforts to understand mechanisms of invasiveness and the effects these mechanisms have on the environment. Vitex rotundifolia L. f. [beach vitex (BV)] was introduced as a salt-tolerant woody ground cover, but it has since become invasive on primary and secondary dunes in coastal areas of the southeastern United States. Much of its invasive pote...

OBJECTIVES There is well documented evidence for the increase in widespread use of complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of physical and psychiatric symptoms and disorders within the populations. In the present study, we investigated the influence of V itex agnus-castus (vitex) on anxiety-like behaviors of rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Elevated plus maze which is one of the me...

Although Vitex megapotamica (Spreng.) Moldenke is used in Brazilian folk medicine as hypolipidemic drug no study has been conducted to evaluate the effects of this species in an experimental model of atherosclerosis. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the possible renoprotective activity of methanolic extract obtained from Vitex megapotamica (MEVM) using C57BL/6 LDLr-null mice submitted ...

This study was conducted to determine the Protective effect of aqueous extracts Vitex agnus castus plant both doses, Normal active does(50mg/kg) and double (100mg/kg) in liver enzymes comported deferent it between male female’s Mice, that exposed oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide (0.5%) with drinking water for (30) days, there were distributed into 10 groups which are (control group...

Botanical dietary supplements are increasingly popular for women's health, particularly for older women. The specific botanicals women take vary as a function of age. Younger women will use botanicals for urinary tract infections, especially Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry), where there is evidence for efficacy. Botanical dietary supplements for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) are less commonly us...