TY - JOUR
T1 - Advances in medicinal plants with effects on anxiety behavior associated to mental and health conditions
AU - Echeverria, Valentina
AU - Aliev, Gjumrakch
AU - Foitzick, Madeline
AU - Avila-Rodriguez, Marco
AU - Barreto, George E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Bentham Science Publishers.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - Background: Many mental health conditions including psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative conditions are poorly responsive for actual medications or have low patient adherence to treatment due to the side effects or costs associated with these treatments. Objective: The main goal of this review is to provide clinical providers and patients with actualized information about the efficacy of selected herbal medicines for anxiety disorders derived from mental and/or health conditions, and their associated side effects. Methods: In this review, actual scientific advances about the use of medicinal plants for anxiety disorders are presented. Results: In recent years, the herbal therapies have reemerged as a source of efficacious natural treatments, at a lower cost and most of the time reduced side effects than currently prescribed pharmaceutical drugs. The herbs described mainly correspond to plants of traditional medicine from the American continent and near islands and Asia. Conclusion: Current evidence confirms the therapeutic effects of traditional medicine. Further clinical investigation is required to confirm these findings. The current understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in psychiatric disorders, as well as the new advances in brain imaging permit a rapid and serious evaluation of anxiolytic compounds.
AB - Background: Many mental health conditions including psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative conditions are poorly responsive for actual medications or have low patient adherence to treatment due to the side effects or costs associated with these treatments. Objective: The main goal of this review is to provide clinical providers and patients with actualized information about the efficacy of selected herbal medicines for anxiety disorders derived from mental and/or health conditions, and their associated side effects. Methods: In this review, actual scientific advances about the use of medicinal plants for anxiety disorders are presented. Results: In recent years, the herbal therapies have reemerged as a source of efficacious natural treatments, at a lower cost and most of the time reduced side effects than currently prescribed pharmaceutical drugs. The herbs described mainly correspond to plants of traditional medicine from the American continent and near islands and Asia. Conclusion: Current evidence confirms the therapeutic effects of traditional medicine. Further clinical investigation is required to confirm these findings. The current understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in psychiatric disorders, as well as the new advances in brain imaging permit a rapid and serious evaluation of anxiolytic compounds.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Cotinine
KW - Dementia
KW - Depression
KW - Herbs
KW - Neurodegeneration
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U2 - 10.2174/0929867323666161101140908
DO - 10.2174/0929867323666161101140908
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27804869
AN - SCOPUS:85016144494
SN - 0929-8673
VL - 24
SP - 411
EP - 423
JO - Current Medicinal Chemistry
JF - Current Medicinal Chemistry
IS - 4
ER -