The effect of most important medicinal plants on two importnt psychiatric disorders (anxiety and depression)-a review

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S34-S42

  Saki, Kourosh ^a   Bahmani, Mahmoud ^b   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Medicinal plants; Psychiatric disease; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908216217     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60201-7     Document Type: Article

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