Popularmente conhecida pela sua flor como “flor da paixão”, e pelo seu fruto “maracujá”, a Passiflora incarnata L, pertencente à família Passifloraceae, é uma espécie nativa América do Sul, Austrália Sudeste Asiático. Segundo evidências científicas, tem sido utilizada na fitoterapia desde meados século XIX Europa Ocidental, estudos atuais reafirmam os efeitos terapêuticos sob inquietação nervos...

Herbal medicines include a range of pharmacologically active compounds: in some cases it is not well understood which ingredients are important for a therapeutic effect. The supporters of herbal medicine believe that isolated ingredients in the majority of cases have weaker clinical effects than whole plant extract, a claim that would obviously require proof in each case. Generalizations about ...

In terrestrial pulmonate gastropods Cochlodina laminata, Monachoides incarnata, Helicigona lapicida, Arianta arbustorum, Cepaea hortensis, Trochulus hispidus and Succinea putris, the morphological properties of pupil camera-like eyes were studied for first time: location, spatial orientation, change in structure, shape, shape change, relative size, size. Several methods used work: making prepar...

Brazil has a diversity of plant species and many them are medicinal plants used in the production herbal medicines. Passiflora incarnata is popularly known as passion fruit, its fruits aerial parts have anxiolytic sedative properties. Recent studies shown that P. several bioactive compounds such indole alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides, maltol flavonoids. Among substances identified species, vit...