Comparison of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. tincture and imipramine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: A double-blind, randomized trial

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-127

  Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^a,b,d   Kashani, Ladan ^c   Fotouhi, Akbar ^c   Jarvandi, Soghra ^b   Mobaseri, Mansour ^b   Moin, Mahdiyeh ^a   Khani, Mousa ^b   Jamshidi, Amir Hossein ^b   Baghalian, Kambiz ^b   Taghizadeh, Mitra ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Institute of Medicinal Plants Iran   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Depression; Herbal medicine; Imipramine; Lavandula angustifolia

Indexed keywords

IMIPRAMINE; LAVENDER OIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INCREASED APPETITE; INTERVIEW; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVOUSNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIPRAMINE; LAVANDULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344951312     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(02)00342-1     Document Type: Article

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