Anxiety Control by Erythrina Mulungu

Summary

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Erythrina mulungu in controlling anxiety in patients undergoing bilateral extraction of asymptomatic, impacted mandibular third molars.

Timeline

Start

2012-01

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2012-11

Publications

• Background Balbani AP, Silva DH, Montovani JC. Patents of drugs extracted from Brazilian medicinal plants. Expert Opin Ther Pat. 2009 Apr;19(4):461-73. doi: 10.1517/13543770902824180.
• Background Flausino OA Jr, Pereira AM, da Silva Bolzani V, Nunes-de-Souza RL. Effects of erythrinian alkaloids isolated from Erythrina mulungu (Papilionaceae) in mice submitted to animal models of anxiety. Biol Pharm Bull. 2007 Feb;30(2):375-8. doi: 10.1248/bpb.30.375.
• Background Flausino O Jr, Santos Lde A, Verli H, Pereira AM, Bolzani Vda S, Nunes-de-Souza RL. Anxiolytic effects of erythrinian alkaloids from Erythrina mulungu. J Nat Prod. 2007 Jan;70(1):48-53. doi: 10.1021/np060254j.
• Background Onusic GM, Nogueira RL, Pereira AM, Flausino Junior OA, Viana Mde B. Effects of chronic treatment with a water-alcohol extract from Erythrina mulungu on anxiety-related responses in rats. Biol Pharm Bull. 2003 Nov;26(11):1538-42. doi: 10.1248/bpb.26.1538.

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