Is St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) an effective antidepressant?

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 186, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 500-501

  Cott, Jerry M ^a   Fugh Berman, Adriane ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b National Women's Health Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; PERYLENE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN KINASE C; QUERCETIN; RATS; XANTHENES;

EID: 0031846879     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199808000-00008     Document Type: Article

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