Plant-based medicines for anxiety disorders, part 1: A review of preclinical studies

CNS Drugs

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-219

  Sarris, Jerome ^a,b   McIntyre, Erica ^c   Camfield, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ABSINTHOL; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ALOYSIA POLYSTACHYA EXTRACT; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CARVONE; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; DIAZEPAM; ERYTHRINA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EURYCOMA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GASTRODIA ELATA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ION CHANNEL; MAGNOLIA EXTRACT; NAUCLEA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; SITOSTEROL; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; ALBIES PINDROW; ALBIZIA; ALBIZIA JULIBRISSIN; ALOYSIA POLYSTACHYA; ANNONA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; APOCYNUM; APOCYNUM VENETUM; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CASIMIROA; CASIMIROA EDULIS; CECROPIA; CECROPIA GLAZIOUI; CELL MEMBRANE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORIANDER; CROCUS SATIVUS; DAVILLA RUGOSA; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; ERYTHRINA; ESCHSCHOLZIA; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; EURYCOMA; GASTRODIA ELATA; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; JUJUBE; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; JUSTICIA (PLANT); LEEA INDICA; MAGNOLIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDLINE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEACH; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; RUBUS; RUBUS BRASILIENSIS; SECURIDACA; SECURIDACA LONGEPEDUNCULATA; SONCHUS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; SPHAERATHUS INDICUS; STACHYS; STACHYS LAVANDULIFOLIA; TILIA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TURNERA; TURNERA DIFFUSA; UNCARIA; UNCARIA RHYNCHOPHYLLA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84876703107     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-013-0044-3     Document Type: Review

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