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VOL. 7, ISSUE 2 (2022)
Potential of night-flowering jasmine in the treatment and management of depression: A review
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Monika Kaushik, Ankit Kumar Yadav, Neetesh Kumar Jain
Abstract
A ray of hope has arisen for the patient suffering from the depression in the form of herbal and polyherbal medications. As the herbal medication coming from the plants from the nature, they tend to show lesser ADRs in comparison to the medicines of synthetic origin. Several herbs have been reported to show positive effect on the patients suffering from the depression with minute to low ADRs. Out of the many reported herbs, the Night Flowering Jasmine belong to the family Oleaceae with botanical name Nyctanthesarbor-tristis is the source of many chemical constituents effective against a variety of medical conditions includingdepression. The aqueous and non-aqueous extracts from the leaves and the flowers of the Nyctanthes arbor‑tristis haveshown positive response in the laboratory animals induced with the depression using various pharmacological tools. The animals administered with the extract of Nyctanthesarbor-tristis were observed to show improved behavioural changes with the ones abstained from. In the present work a systematic review of the medical potential of the extract of leaves and flowers of Nyctanthesarbor-tristis, available chemical constituents in the leaves and flowers, method of extraction of chemical constituents, available synthetic treatment for depression and the ADRs associated with the same and research work carried out for the evaluation of the effect of the antidepressant activity of Nyctanthesarbor-tristis in the animals’ models has been summarised and reported.
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Pages:51-59
How to cite this article:
Monika Kaushik, Ankit Kumar Yadav, Neetesh Kumar Jain "Potential of night-flowering jasmine in the treatment and management of depression: A review ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 7, Issue 2, 2022, Pages 51-59
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