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Therapeutical strategies for anxiety and anxiety-like disorders using plant-derived natural compounds and plant extracts

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Fedotova, Julia, Kubatka, Peter, Büsselberg, Dietrich, Shleikin, Alexander G., Caprnda, Martin, Dragasek, Jozef, Rodrigo, Luis, Pohanka, Miroslav +6 more·2017·Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Abstract

Anxiety and anxiety-like disorders describe many mental disorders, yet fear is a common overwhelming symptom often leading to depression. Currently two basic strategies are discussed to treat anxiety: pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. In the pharmacotherapeutical clinical approach, several conventional synthetic anxiolytic drugs are being used with several adverse effects. Therefore, studies to find suitable safe medicines from natural sources are being sought by researchers. The results of a plethora experimental studies demonstrated that dietary phytochemicals like alkaloids, terpenes, flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, cinnamates, and saponins or various plant extracts with the mixture of different phytochemicals possess anxiolytic effects in a wide range of animal models of anxiety. The involved mechanisms of anxiolytics action include interaction with γ-aminobutyric acid A receptors at benzodiazepine (BZD) and non-BZD sites with various affinity to different subunits, serotonergic 5-hydrodytryptamine receptors, noradrenergic and dopaminergic systems, glutamate receptors, and cannabinoid receptors. This review focuses on the use of both plant-derived natural compounds and plant extracts with anxiolytic effects, describing their biological effects and clinical application.

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  • Anxiolytic effects are reported following administration of natural compounds and formulations derived from Piper methysticum (kava), Centella asiatica, Humulus lupulus, Ginkgo biloba, Matricaria chamomilla, Melissa officinalis, Passiflora incarnata, Scuterllaria leriflora, Valeriana officinalis, Withania somnifera, Magnolia officinalis and Lavendula angustifolia.

    “Anxiolytic effects are reported following administration of natural compounds and formulations derived from Piper methysticum (kava), Centella asiatica (pennywort), Humulus lupulus (hops), Ginkgo biloba (maiden hair), Matricaria chamomilla (chamomile), Melissa officinalis (lemon balm), Passiflora incarnata (maypop), Scuterllaria leriflora (skullcap), Valeriana officinalis (valerian), Withania somn”
  • While several classes of phytochemicals are already considered in cases of mild anxiety or as supplements to conventional anxiolytic therapies, the anxiolytic effects of phytochemicals have been demonstrated predominantly in animal models, and structure-activity relationships, metabolism, absorption and neuropharmacological mechanisms are not clear in most cases.

    “While several classes of phytochemicals are already considered in cases of mild anxiety or as supplements to conventional anxiolytic therapies, the anxiolytic effects of phytochemicals have been demonstrated predominantly in studies involving animal models (Fedotova et al., 2017), and the structure-activity relationships, metabolism, absorption and neuropharmacological mechanisms are not clear in”

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Fedotova, J., Kubatka, P., Büsselberg, D., Shleikin, A. G., Caprnda, M., Dragasek, J., Rodrigo, L., Pohanka, M., Gasparova, I., Nosal, V., Opatrilova, R., Qaradakhi, T., Zulli, A., & Kruzliak, P.
Affiliations
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
  • Comenius University Bratislava (SK)
  • Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
  • ITMO University (RU)
  • University of Defence (CZ)
  • Victoria University (AU)
Venue
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-11
Volume
95
Pages
437-446
ISSN
0753-3322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2754288915
Cited by
59
References
142
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
FWCI
0.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Victoria University Research Repository (Victoria University) (submittedVersion)
  • Consultation of the Doctoral Thesis Database (TESEO) (Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
European Regional Development Fund
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Medicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
Keywords
anxiety, anxiolytic effects, phytochemicals, plant extracts, alkaloids, terpenes, flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, saponins, GABAA receptor, benzodiazepine receptor, serotonin receptors, noradrenergic system, dopaminergic system, glutamate receptors, cannabinoid receptors, anxiolytics
MeSH terms
Animals, Anxiety, Biological Products, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Plant Extracts

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