Review on plants with CNS-effects used in traditional South African medicine against mental diseases

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 513-537

  Stafford, Gary I ^a   Pedersen, Mikael E ^b   van Staden, Johannes ^a   Jäger, Anna K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Depression; Epilepsy; Mental health; South African traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

1 O ACETYLLYCORINE; AGAPANTHUS CAMPANULATUS EXTRACT; AMARYLLIDACEAE ALKALOID; BOOPHONE DISTICHA EXTRACT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; GALANTAMINE; MONDIA WHITEI EXTRACT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NARINGENIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RUTA GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM EXTRACT;

AGAPANTHUS CAMPANULATUS; ARTICLE; BOOPHONE DISTICHA; CRINUM; CYRTHANTHUS; DEPRESSION; GASTERIA CROUCHERI; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTHA AQUATICA; MONDIA WHITEI; NONHUMAN; SCOTIA BRACHYPETALA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGAPANTHUS CAMPANULATUS; AMARYLLIDACEAE; BOOPHANE DISTICHA; CRINUM; GASTERIA; LEONOTIS LEONURUS; MENTHA AQUATICA; MONDIA WHITEI; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; SCELETIUM TORTUOSUM; SEARSIA PYROIDES; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM;

EID: 53449093803     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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