From traditional remedies to cutting-edge medicine: Using ancient mesoamerican knowledge to address complex disorders relevant to psychoneuroimmunology

Gustavo Pedraza-Alva; Cristina E Ramírez-Serrano; Fernando Pedraza; Rosario Del Carmen Flores-Vallejo; María Luisa Villarreal; Leonor Pérez-Martínez

doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.022

From traditional remedies to cutting-edge medicine: Using ancient mesoamerican knowledge to address complex disorders relevant to psychoneuroimmunology

Brain Behav Immun. 2019 Jul:79:3-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.022. Epub 2019 Apr 10.

Authors

Gustavo Pedraza-Alva¹, Cristina E Ramírez-Serrano¹, Fernando Pedraza², Rosario Del Carmen Flores-Vallejo³, María Luisa Villarreal³, Leonor Pérez-Martínez⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio de Neuroinmunobiología, Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico.
² Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich 8057, Switzerland.
³ Laboratorio de Investigación de Plantas Medicinales, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología (CEIB), Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, Mexico.
⁴ Laboratorio de Neuroinmunobiología, Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico. Electronic address: leonor@ibt.unam.mx.

PMID: 30980951
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.04.022

No abstract available

Keywords: Flavonoids; Inflammation; Innate immunity; Neuropharmacology; Plant bioactive compounds; Polyphenols; Psychiatric disorders; Psychoneuroimmunology; Traditional herbal medicine.

Publication types

Historical Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Central America
Ethnopharmacology / history
Ethnopharmacology / methods
Ethnopharmacology / trends
History, Ancient
Humans
Medicine, Traditional / history*
Medicine, Traditional / methods*
Medicine, Traditional / trends*
Mexico
Phytotherapy / history
Phytotherapy / trends
Psychoneuroimmunology / methods
South America