Piper Species: A Comprehensive Review on Their Phytochemistry, Biological Activities and Applications

B Salehi, ZA Zakaria, R Gyawali, SA Ibrahim… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Piper species are aromatic plants used as spices in the kitchen, but their secondary
metabolites have also shown biological effects on human health. These plants are rich in …

Lavender and the nervous system

PH Koulivand, M Khaleghi Ghadiri… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Lavender is traditionally alleged to have a variety of therapeutic and curative properties,
ranging from inducing relaxation to treating parasitic infections, burns, insect bites, and …

Exploring Pharmacological Mechanisms of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) Essential Oil on Central Nervous System Targets

V López, B Nielsen, M Solas, MJ Ramírez… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Lavender essential oil is traditionally used and approved by the European Medicines
Agency (EMA) as herbal medicine to relieve stress and anxiety. Some animal and clinical …

Aromatherapy for dementia

LT Forrester, N Maayan, M Orrell… - Cochrane Database …, 2014 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Complementary therapy has received great interest within the field of dementia
treatment and the use of aromatherapy and essential oils is increasing. In a growing …

Lavandula Essential Oils: A Current Review of Applications in Medicinal, Food, and Cosmetic Industries of Lavender

R Wells, F Truong, AM Adal… - Natural Product …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The global essential oil market has been steadily increasing in size over the past few years,
and is estimated to reach ca. $7.5 billion USD per annum by 2018. Lavenders (Lavandula; …

Neuroprotective effects of phytochemicals against aluminum chloride-induced Alzheimer's disease through ApoE4/LRP1, wnt3/β-catenin/gsk3β, and TLR4/NLRP3 …

AME Hamdan, FHJ Alharthi, AH Alanazi, SZ El-Emam… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is associated
with abnormal cognition. AD is aided in its initiation and progression by hereditary and …

[HTML][HTML] Phytochemistry and pharmacology of anti-depressant medicinal plants: A review

J Martins, S Brijesh - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Stress renders an individual to experience mental pressure and exhaustion which brings
about feelings of anxiety, depression, anger and/or other negative emotions. Depression …

Therapeutic effects of phytochemicals and medicinal herbs on depression

G Lee, H Bae - BioMed research international, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Depression is a recurrent, common, and potentially life‐threatening psychiatric
disease related to multiple assignable causes. Although conventional antidepressant …

Attenuation of aluminum chloride-induced neuroinflammation and caspase activation through the AKT/GSK-3β pathway by hesperidin in wistar rats

A Justin-Thenmozhi, M Dhivya Bharathi… - Neurotoxicity …, 2018 - Springer
Hesperidin, a flavanoglycone abundantly present in citrus fruits, is reported to have
antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. Previous reports from our …

Neuroprotective effects of inhaled lavender oil on scopolamine-induced dementia via anti-oxidative activities in rats

M Hancianu, O Cioanca, M Mihasan, L Hritcu - Phytomedicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Lavender is used in traditional medicines in Asia, Europe, ancient Greece and Rome, and
was mentioned in the Bible and in ancient Jewish texts. Also, lavender is reported to be an …