This review article focuses on pre-clinical and clinical studies with some selected Brazilian
medicinal plants in different areas of interest, conducted by research groups in Brazil and …

Stress renders an individual to experience mental pressure and exhaustion which brings
about feelings of anxiety, depression, anger and/or other negative emotions. Depression …

Medicinal plants and their extracts are natural remedies with enormous potential for treating
various diseases, including depression and anxiety. In the case of depression, hundreds of …

Among 484 Hypericum L.(Guttiferae/Hypericaceae) species, widespread in warm temperate
areas throughout the world, only H. perforatum is widely used in official medicine …

In this study we have demonstrated that cyclohexane extract of Hypericum polyanthemum
(POL) and its main phloroglucinol derivative uliginosin B (ULI) present antidepressant-like …

Hypericum caprifoliatum is a natural source of phloroglucinol derivatives such as
hyperbrasilol B, uliginosin B and japonicin A, compounds with pharmaceutical interest due …

Trichilia catigua is a native plant of Brazil; its barks are used by some local pharmaceutical
companies to prepare tonic drinks, such as Catuama. The present study was addressed to …

Hypericum is a prolific source of acylphloroglucinol derivatives. Unlike the monomeric
polyisoprenylated acylphloroglucinols hyperforin and adhyperforin, which are the main …

Hypericum polyanthemum, a South Brazilian species showed antidepressant-like and
antinociceptive effects in rodents. Since limited information is available on the toxicity and …

Background: Dimeric acylphloroglucinols occurring in species from sections Brathys and
Trigynobrathys of the genus Hypericum exhibit acylfilicinic acid and acylphloroglucinol …