BACKGROUND Passiflora incarnata is widely used as an anxiolytic and sedative due to its putative GABAergic properties. Passiflora incarnata L. methanolic extract (PI-ME) was evaluated in an animal model of streptozotocin-induced diabetic neuropathic allodynia and vulvodynia in rats along with antinociceptive, anxiolytic and sedative activities in mice in order to examine possible underlying mec...

Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata L.) is used in phytotherapy as a mild sedative and anxiolytic agent. In the literature it is clear this plant shows considerable qualitative and quantitative variability with respect to its content of C-glycosyl flavones, some of which are used as marker compounds for extracts. Analysis of plant material cultivated in Australia revealed two chemically distinc...

Passiflora incarnata L. commonly known as passion flower belongs to Passifloraceae family and is one of the most popular and widely used medicinal plants in traditional medicine. The plant has a long history of application in herbal medicine as an anxiolytic and sedative-hypnotic. Extracts prepared from P. incarnata have been reported for their diverse ranges of pharmacological actions includin...

Passiflora incarnata L. has been used as a medicinal plant in South America and Europe since the 16th century. Previous pharmacological studies focused mainly on the plant's sedative, anxiolytic, and anticonvulsant effects on the central nervous system and its supporting role in the treatment of addiction. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the behavioral and neurochemical effects of ...

Passiflora mollissima (Kunth) L.H. Bailey is an exotic fruit native to South America, known as taxo in Ecuador. This paper characterizes its flavonoid and carotenoid composition and antioxidant capacity and evaluates the effect of the spray-drying process on its phytochemical composition and antioxidant capacity. A total of 18 flavonoid compounds, nine proanthocyanidins and nine flavan-3-ol mon...

Based on a careful examination of the onset violet colored dots along filaments in developing floral bud stage and formation alternating bands white color matured flowers Passiflora incarnata (Passion flower), it is concluded that pattern arises from competition between production anthocyanin colorless flavonols filaments. The activator-inhibitor model Gierer Meinhardt with reaction diffusion t...

Çalışmada, ülkemiz piyasasına son yıllarda meyveleriyle de giren, park ve bahçe kenarlarında sarılıcı tırmanıcı bitki olarak yetiştirilen tıbbi değeri olan, Passifloraceae familyasında yer alan, ekonomik değere sahip Passiflora incarnata, P. alata, edulis cearulea türlerinin geleneksel kullanılışı, kimyasal bileşimi biyolojik etkilerinin yapılan çalışmaları derlenmiştir. Çalışmanın deneysel kıs...