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Phenolic metabolite profiles and antioxidants assay of three Iridaceae medicinal plants for traditional Chinese medicine "She-gan" by on-line HPLC-DAD coupled with chemiluminescence (CL) and ESI-Q-TOF-MS/MS.

Xie GY et al (2014).
J Pharm Biomed Anal.
PubMed:
25106824

Assessment of in vitro pharmacological effect of Neotropical Piperaceae in GABAergic bioassays in relation to plants traditionally used for folk illness by the Yanesha (Peru).

Previous research found that the Piperaceae family was important in traditional Q'echi׳ Maya medicine for treating epilepsy and anxiety disorders. To investigate further, researchers conducted a botanical survey in Peru and collected 47 Piperaceae species, including 21 used by the indigenous Yanesha community for medicinal purposes. The Piperaceae family has been shown to have activity in the GABA system, which is involved in anxiety and epilepsy. These findings suggest that the traditional use of Piperaceae plants in indigenous medicine may have scientific validity.

Picard G et al (2014).
J Ethnopharmacol.
PubMed:
25091465