Hindawi e Scientific World Journal Volume 2020, Article ID 6598434, 18 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6598434 Review Article Herbal Medicinal Products from Passiflora for Anxiety: An Unexploited Potential Lyca R. da Fonseca,1,2 Rafaele de A. Rodrigues,1,2 Aline de S. Ramos ,1 Jefferson D. da Cruz,1,3 Jose´ Luiz P. Ferreira,1,4 Jefferson Rocha de A. Silva ,5 and Ana Claudia F. Amaral 1 1Laboratory of Medicinal Plants and Derivatives, Department of Chemistry of Natural Products, Farmanguinhos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21041-250, Brazil 2Professional Postgraduate Program in Management, Research and Development in Pharmaceutical Industry, Farmanguinhos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21041-250, Brazil 3Academic Postgraduate Program in Translational Research in Drugs and Medicines, Farmanguinhos, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21041-250, Brazil 4Faculty of Pharmacy, Fluminense Federal University, Niter´oi 24241-002, Brazil 5Laboratory of Chromatography, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus 69077-000, Brazil Correspondence should be addressed to Aline de S. Ramos;
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[email protected] Received 11 February 2020; Revised 12 June 2020; Accepted 27 June 2020; Published 20 July 2020 Academic Editor: Abdu Adem Copyright © 2020 Lyca R. da Fonseca et al. 'is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Herbal medicines containing Passiflora species have been widely used to treat anxiety since ancient times. 'e species Passiflora incarnata L. is included in many Pharmacopoeias, and it is the most used species in food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries.