Herbal Medicine in Depression
Herbal Medicine in Depression: Traditional Medicine to Innovative Drug Delivery
Springer | Neuroscience | July 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319140205 | 583 pages | pdf | 44.37 mb
Springer | Neuroscience | July 2016 | ISBN-10: 3319140205 | 583 pages | pdf | 44.37 mb
Editors: Grosso, Clara (Ed.)
Combines different topics interesting for researchers from different backgrounds like ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, neurosciences
The book compiles traditional knowledge transferred orally from generation to generation that can be lost if not well documented. This is the reason why it is important to gather information about traditional medicines from all continents
Can be used not only by researchers but also by undergraduate students, physicians and traditional medicine practitioners
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 description of depression, its biochemical causes, the targets of antidepressant drugs, animal and cell models commonly used in the research of this pathology, medicinal plants and bioactive compounds with antidepressant activity used in traditional medicine, advances in nanotechnology for drug delivery to the brain and finally the future challenges for researchers studying this pathology.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
791 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour
Topics
Neurosciences
Medical Biochemistry
Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Pharmacology / Toxicology
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