Comparison of dried ethanolic extract of Croucus sativus L. and imipramine in the treatment of mild to moderate depression: a double-blind, randomised trial

• Main Authors: SH Akhondzadeh (Author), MR Mohammadi (Author), M Khani (Author), AH Jamshidi (Author), A Daliri (Author), SH Bastani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Depression which is thought to result from biochemical changes in the brain, is a common disease of adulthood. Persian traditional medicine proposes antidepessant effect for Crocus sativus whereas there is no evidence-based document. Our objective was to compare the efficacy of dried extract of Croc...