Passion Flower
Scientific Names:
Passiflora alata, Passiflora incarnata
Active Constituents:
Chrysin, Vitexin, Isovitexin, Orientin
Common Uses:
Occasional nervousness, nervous tension or anxiety, irritability and mild to moderate mood swings caused by everyday stress, restlessness, occasional sleep difficuty
Available In:
ClarocetNRI, Clarocet Junior, ClarocetPM
Clinical References and Resources
1. Behavioural effects of Passiflora incarnata
L. and its indole alkaloid and flavonoid derivatives.
Soulimani R, Younos C, Jarmouni S, Bousta D,
Misslin R, Mortier F.
Laboratoire d'Ethnobotanique et de Pharmacologie, Universite de Metz, France.
J Ethnopharmacol. 1997 Jun;57(1):11-20. PMID: 9234160 [Read
the Abstract]
2. TLC determination of flavonoid accumulation
in clonal populations of Passiflora incarnata Menghini
A, Mancini LA.
Department of Plant Biology, University of Perugia, Italy.
macol Res Commun. 1988 Dec;20 Suppl 5:113-6. PMID: 3247338 [Read
the Abstract]
3. A HPTLC densitometric determination of flavonoids
from Passiflora alata, P. edulis, P. incarnata and P. caerulea and
comparison with HPLC method.
Pereira CA, Yariwake JH, Lancas FM, Wauters
JN, Tits M, Angenot L.
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Ouimica de Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Phytochem Anal. 2004 Jul-Aug;15(4):241-8. PMID: 15311844 [Read
the Abstract]
4. Possible anxiolytic effects of chrysin, a central benzodiazepine
receptor ligand isolated from Passiflora coerulea.
Wolfman C, Viola H, Paladini A, Dajas F, Medina
JH.
Instituto de Biologia Celular, Facultad de Medicina, UBA, Argentina.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1994 Jan;47(1):1-4. PMID: 7906886 [Read
the Abstract]
5. Passion Flower -- a reliable herbal sedative
Krenn L.
Institut fur Pharmakognosie, Universitat Wien, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Wien.
Liselotte.Kren@univie.ac.at
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2002;152(15-16):404-6. PMID: 12244887 [Read
the Abstract]
6. A combination of plant extracts in the treatment
of outpatients with adjustment disorder with anxious mood: controlled
study versus placebo.
Bourin M, Bougerol T, Guitton B, Broutin E.
GIS Medicament, Faculte de Medecine, Unite de Psychopharmacologie, Nantes,
France.
Fundam Clin Pharmacol. 1997;11(2):127-32. PMID: 9107558 [Read
the Abstract]
7. Passionflower in the treatment of generalized
anxiety: a pilot double-blind randomized controlled trial with oxazepam.
Akhondzadeh S, Naghavi HR, Vazirian M, Shayeganpour
A, Rashidi H, Khani M.
Roozbeh Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, South
Kargar Avenue, Tehran, Iran.
J Clin Pharm Ther. 2001 Oct;26(5):363-7.PMID: 11679026 [Read
the Abstract]
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