Passionflower Extract

Passionflower is currently included in the national pharmacopoeias of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Switzerland. This is mainly due to the fact that passionflower extract powder contain a variety of active substances, such as flavonoids, maltol, cyanogenic glycosides, and indole alkaloids.
Passionflower has a long history of medicinal use and is often used to treat insomnia, anxiety, and epilepsy. Later, it spread to Europe and around the world and was used for various diseases, such as anxiety, insomnia, hysteria, neurasthenia, as well as inflammation, cramps, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, neuralgia, etc.

Research shows that passion flower extract is rich in Vitexin. Vitexin is an apigenin flavonoid glycoside that has antioxidant, pain-relieving, neuroprotective and sedative properties

1. Reduce anxiety: Due to its rich content of active flavonoids, passionflower extract is used in health care for its anti-anxiety effects.
2. Improve sleep quality: It has a sedative effect, which can reduce the incidence of insomnia, have a positive impact on sleep patterns, and improve overall sleep quality.
This may be due to the high GABA content in passionflower extract. GABA is an amino acid that helps inhibit overactive brain cells, thereby helping to reduce anxiety and promote restful sleep.

Passionflower extract supplement improves sleep. A two-week clinical trial conducted a sleep study on 84 participants aged 30 to 52. The results showed that 60 mg of passion flower extract capsules can improve the sleep of insomnia subjects compared with placebo.

1. Used in medicine.
2. Used in food and beverages.
3. Various forms of supplements.

Reference

[1]. Elsas, S. M.; Rossi, D. J.; Raber, J.; et al. (2010). Passiflora incarnata L. (Passionflower) extracts elicit GABA currents in hippocampal neurons in vitro, and show anxiogenic and anticonvulsant effects in vivo, varying with extraction method. Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology. 17(12), 940–949.

[2]. Guerrero, F. A.; & Medina, G. M. (2017). Effect of a medicinal plant (Passiflora incarnata L) on sleep. Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil). 10(3), 96–100.