Evaluation of gastroprotective activity of Passiflora alata

Passiflora cinsi, eczacılıktaki önemi ve Türkiye piyasasında Passiflora (çarkıfelek) adı ile satılan örneklerin incelenmesi

“…Test çözeltileri farelere oral yoldan uygulanmıştır. HCl/etanol ile oluşturulmuş akut gastrik ülser modelindeki P. alata nanokapsüllerinin 50 mg/kg dozda önemli ölçüde gastroprotektif etkiye sahip olduğu gösterilmiştir [19].…”

The active compounds of Passiflora spp and their potential medicinal uses from both in vitro and in vivo evidences

“…The leaf extracts have been tested for their protective activity on the Central Nervous System and the digestive system owing to their neuroprotective and anti-ulcer properties. Nanoencapsulation of the active compounds found in the leaf extract was found to be an effective technology to improve the beneficial effects of P. alata as presented in Renisus, a Brazilian database that provides a list of medicinal plants [3]. Aqueous leaf extracts of P. alata proved to have excellent anti-inflammatory property.…”

The use of animal manure in the organic cultivation of Passiflora incarnata L. increases the content of phenolic compounds in the leaf and the antioxidant activity of the plant

“…The wild passion fruit (Passiflora incarnata L.-Passifloraceae) has sedative, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-cancer, anti-depressant, and antioxidant properties (Tiwari et al 2015;Khan and Nabavi 2019). Unlike native P. edulis and P. alata which are used in the food and juice industries (Wasicky et al 2015;Tal et al 2016), the species P. incarnata is commercially cultivated for the production of herbal medicines in Brazil. Several chemical constituents are present in the leaves of plants of the genus Passiflora, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, carotenoids, alkaloids, saponins, and steroids (Tiwari et al 2015).…”