Herbal Medicine in Depression Traditional Medicine to Innovative Drug Delivery / edited by Clara Grosso.

This book is written for researchers, undergraduate students and postgraduate students, physicians and traditional medicine practitioners who develop research in the field of neurosciences, phytochemistry and ethnopharmacology or can be useful for their practice. Topics discussed include the descrip...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Grosso, Clara (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Depressive disorders: prevalence, costs and theories
  • Traditional and novel possible targets for antidepressant drugs
  • Cell-based systems of depression: An overview
  • Animal models of depression
  • Prevalence of use of herbal medicines and complementary and alternative medicine in Europe
  • Medicinal plants of former USSR used for treatment of depression
  • Chinese herbal medicine used against depression in China
  • antidepressant medicinal plants and compounds used in traditional medicines in North America
  • antidepressant plant species from the Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP)
  • Oceania: antidepressant medicinal plants
  • Novel drug delivery systems for herbal antidepressants
  • Future strategies for depression treatment. .