作者
Lucindo J Quintans Júnior, Jackson RGS Almeida, Julianeli T Lima, Xirley P Nunes, Jullyana S Siqueira, Leandra Eugênia Gomes de Oliveira, Reinaldo N Almeida, Petrônio F de Athayde-Filho, José M Barbosa-Filho
发表日期
2008
来源
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
卷号
18
页码范围
798-819
出版商
Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia
简介
Seizures are resistant to treatment with currently available anticonvulsant drugs in about 1 out of 3 patients with epilepsy. Thus, there is a need for new, more effective anticonvulsant drugs for intractable epilepsy. However, nature is a rich source of biological and chemical diversity and a number of plants in the world have been used in traditional medicine remedies, i.e., anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, analgesic, antidepressant. This work constitutes a literature review on medicinal plants showing anticonvulsant properties. The review refers to 16 Brazilian plants and a total 355 species, their families, geographical distribution, the utilized parts, method and references. Some aspects of research on medicinal plants and a brief review of the most common animal models to discover antiepileptic drugs are discussed. For this purpose over 170 references were consulted.
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