Pharmacognosy and Chemotypes of Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata L.)
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Pharmacognosy and chemotypes of passionflower (Passiflora incarnata L.).
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...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0918-6158,1347-5215
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.33.1015