Phytochemical constituents as future antidepressants: A comprehensive review

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 699-719

  Bahramsoltani, Roodabeh ^a   Farzaei, Mohammad Hosein ^b,c   Farahani, Marzieh Sarbandi ^d   Rahimi, Roja ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

antidepressant; depression; mechanism; phytochemicals; plant

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMINE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BERBERINE; BETA CARBOLINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARBOHYDRATE; COUMARIN; DITERPENE; EUGENOL; FLAVONOID; GINSENOSIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYPERFORIN; LIGNAN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NARINGENIN; NORADRENALIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIPERINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942332408     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: 21910200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2015-0009     Document Type: Review

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