Herbal Medicinal Products from Passiflora for Anxiety: An Unexploited Potential.

ABSTRACT: Herbal medicines containing Passiflora species have been widely used to treat anxiety since ancient times. The species Passiflora incarnata L. is included in many Pharmacopoeias, and it is the most used species in food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. However, there are around 600 species of the genus Passiflora and probably other species that can be used safely. Thus, this article was based on a search into the uses of the main species of the genus Passiflora with anxiolytic activity and its main secondary metabolites and some pharmacological studies, patents, and registered products containing Passiflora. Furthermore, the Brazilian Regulatory Health Agency Datavisa, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency of the United Kingdom, and

SUBMITTER: da Fonseca LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7387951 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature