Pharmacochemical Study of Aqueous Extracts of Passiflora alata Dryander and Passiflora edulis Sims
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* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: Prof. Grace Gosmann. E-mail: [email protected]. Fax: +5551 3316 5313 Pharmacochemical Study of Aqueous Extracts of Passiflora alata Dryander and Passiflora edulis Sims Fernanda de-PARIS 2,3, Raquel D. PETRY 1, Flávio H. REGINATTO 1, Grace GOSMANN 1*, João QUEVEDO 2,3, Jennifer B. SALGUEIRO 3, Flávio KAPCZINSKI 2, George GONZÁLEZ ORTEGA 1 & Eloir Paulo SCHENKEL 1 1 Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre 90610-000, RS, Brazil. 2 Unidade de Psicofarmacologia, Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. 3 Centro de Memória, Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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