کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2548402 1124100 2007 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Ethnopharmacological investigation of plants used to treat susto, a folk illness
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت داروسازی، سم شناسی و علوم دارویی داروشناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Ethnopharmacological investigation of plants used to treat susto, a folk illness
چکیده انگلیسی

Selected plants used to treat susto, a folk illness recognized by various groups of Latin America, were screened for anxiolytic and/or fear suppression activity in behavioral assays. We found that the plant used by most of the healers interviewed (Adiantum tetraphyllum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Adiantaceae) suppressed certain components of anxiety and fear. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the biological activity of Adiantum tetraphyllum. This finding supports the contention that susto may represent what in the Western culture is defined as fear or anxiety, and hence may share the same psychological, biological or neural underpinnings. In light of the available literature, this represents the first experimental investigation of the biological activity of plants specifically in the perspective of their use in treating a culture-bound syndrome.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Ethnopharmacology - Volume 109, Issue 3, 12 February 2007, Pages 380–387
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