Pirethrum

Pirethrum is a non-scientific common name that may refer to a number of plant species and varieties.

Historical Use of Pirethrum

Historical Use of Pirethrum in Western Medicine

Quote Paraph: "Guainerius stated that the ancients had discovered that many of the following herbs were beneficial: mistletoe, cinquefoil, peony root, peony-seed, gentian, Syrian rue, sparrow wort, castor-bean, seed of the chastity tree, mountain laurel, borage, root of the aristolochia rotunda, pirethrum, bettony seed, caraway, physalis, pennyroyal, rosemary, rue, sage, stiche, thyme, and hair moss."
Sec Auth: Eadie MJ and Bladin PF
Title: A Disease Once Sacred. John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001
Page: 180
Source: A Disease Once Sacred, John Libbey & Company Ltd, 2001, M.J. Eadie and P.F. Bladin
Complete: Eadie MJ, Bladin PF. A disease once sacred: a history of the medical understanding of epilepsy. Eastleigh: John Libbey; 2001. p. 180.
Primary Source: Lennox WG. Antonius Guainerius on epilepsy. Annals of Medical History 2:484-499. 1940.

Evidence or the Use of Pirethrum in the Treatment of Epilepesy

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Gashirai K Mbizvo, Tommaso Bucci, Gregory Y H Lip, Anthony G Marson
Morbidity and mortality risks associated with valproate withdrawal in young men and women with epilepsy.
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[PubMed:38657115] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

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Structural and functional reorganization of inhibitory synapses by activity-dependent cleavage of neuroligin-2.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2024, 121(18);e2314541121
[PubMed:38657049] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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Prophylactic treatment with the c-Abl inhibitor, neurotinib, diminishes neuronal damage and the convulsive state in pilocarpine-induced mice.
Cell Rep: 2024, 43(5);114144
[PubMed:38656874] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Giovanna Scorrano, Fedele Dono, Clarissa Corniello, Stefano Consoli, Giacomo Evangelista, Armando Di Ludovico, Francesco Chiarelli, Francesca Anzellotti, Angelo Di Iorio, Stefano L Sensi
Perinatal outcome in anti-NMDAr encephalitis during pregnancy-a systematic review with individual patients' data analysis.
Neurol Sci: 2024;
[PubMed:38656594] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Fatima Aidil-Carvalho, Ana Caulino-Rocha, Joaquim Alexandre Ribeiro, Diana Cunha-Reis
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J Neurosci Res: 2024, 102(4);e25333
[PubMed:38656542] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)