Effects of valeriana officinalis and passiflora sp on the behavior of wistar rats
Anxiety affects millions of adults worldwide. Valeriana officinalis (VO) contains several active compounds that may work as anxiolytic as well as Passiflora sp (PA). Due to this reason, the aim of this study is to evaluate the acute and chronic effects of Valeriana officinalis and Passiflora sp in the behavioral test of Wistar rats. Wistar rats were divided into seven groups (n= 5): G1: a control group that received saline solution; G2, G3, and G4 were treated respectively with 11, 22 and 44mg/kg of VO extract and G5, G6 and G7 with PA in the same doses used with VO.