A literature-based survey of plants species and their essential oils with anticonvulsant
activity was carried out. As results, 30 species belonging to 13 families and 23 genera were …

Egyptian hieroglyphs, Chinese scrolls, and Ayurvedic literature record physicians
administering aromatic oils to their patients. Today society looks to science to document …

The use of herbal remedies and dietary supplements is widespread throughout the world,
and use may be increasing. These are taken for a wide range of perceived benefits, such as …

Ethnopharmacological relevance The essential oils of the leaves of Aniba rosaeodora (pau-
rosa), Aniba parviflora (macacaporanga) and Aeollanthus suaveolens (catinga-de-mulata) …

The widespread use of synthetic insecticides to control diseases such as those transmitted
by the vector Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762) has caused widespread resistance to …

Convulsions occur in response to a loss of balance between excitatory and inhibitory
neurotransmitters, and the treatment for this condition consists in restore such lost balance …

Despite the approval of a considerable number of last generation antiepileptic drugs
(AEDs)(only in the last decade, six drugs have gained Food and Drug Administration …

Lamiaceae, also known as the mint family, is a family of plants comprising about 245 genera
and 7886 species distributed all over the world. Plants of this family are widely used in folk …

Epilepsy is a chronic and often progressive disorder characterized by the occurrence of
epileptic seizures, affecting about 50 million people worldwide. The prescribed synthetic …

There is currently a paucity of credible evidence to support the use of complementary and
alternative medical therapies in patients with epilepsy. Herbal medicines traditionally used …