Anxiolytic-like Effects and Quantitative EEG Profile of Palmitone Induces Responses Like Buspirone Rather Than Diazepam as Clinical Drugs.

Anxiety is a mental disorder with a growing worldwide incidence due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. Pharmacological therapy includes drugs such as benzodiazepines (BDZs) or azapirones like buspirone (BUSP) or analogs, which unfortunately produce severe adverse effects or no immediate response, respectively. Medicinal plants or their bioactive metabolites are a shared global alternative to treat anxiety.

Antinociceptive and gastroprotective activities of Bocconia arborea S. Watson and its bioactive metabolite dihydrosanguinarine in murine models.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Bocconia arborea S. Watson (Papaveraceae) is known as "palo llora sangre" and is used in Mexican traditional medicine for the treatment of infections, it is also used as anxiolytic, analgesic, and antidiabetic, among others.

Aim Of The Study: to evaluate the antinociceptive and gastroprotective activities of extracts from B.

Seeds Reduce Anxiety-Like Behavior, Lipids, and Overweight in Mice.

Overweight, obesity, and psychiatric disorders are serious health problems. To evidence the anxiolytic-like effects and lipid reduction in mice receiving a high-calorie diet and seeds in a nonpolar extract (SBHX, 30 and 300 mg/kg), animals were assessed in open-field, hole-board, and elevated plus-maze tests. SBHX (3 and 10 mg/kg) potentiated the pentobarbital-induced hypnosis.

Neo-clerodane diterpenic influence in the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory properties of Salvia circinnata Cav.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Mexico is considered an ancestral center of diversity of Salvia species, however many of them lack scientific information. Salvia circinnata Cav. (syn.

Role of β-Caryophyllene in the Antinociceptive and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Cav. Essential Oil.

Cav. (Asteraceae) is an ancient medicinal plant commonly used to alleviate pain. Nevertheless, scientific studies validating this property are lacking in the literature.