Tetrandrine: a review of its anticancer potentials, clinical settings, pharmacokinetics and drug delivery systems

F Luan, X He, N Zeng - Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Tetrandrine, a natural bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid, possesses promising
anticancer activities on diverse tumours. This review provides systematically organized …

Mental health comorbidities in pediatric chronic pain: a narrative review of epidemiology, models, neurobiological mechanisms and treatment

J Vinall, M Pavlova, GJG Asmundson, N Rasic, M Noel - Children, 2016 - mdpi.com
Chronic pain during childhood and adolescence can lead to persistent pain problems and
mental health disorders into adulthood. Posttraumatic stress disorders and depressive and …

A critical review of neurobiological factors involved in the interactions between chronic pain, depression, and sleep disruption

PA Boakye, C Olechowski, S Rashiq… - The Clinical Journal …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Aims/Objectives/Background: A significant number of people who experience chronic pain
also complain of depression and sleep problems. The comorbidities and bidirectional …

Phytochemical constituents as future antidepressants: a comprehensive review

R Bahramsoltani, MH Farzaei, MS Farahani… - Reviews in the …, 2015 - degruyter.com
Depression is a major mental disease that is ranked as the fourth leading cause of disability.
In order to avoid unwanted adverse reactions, as well as improve efficacy, current …

Thymol produces an antidepressant-like effect in a chronic unpredictable mild stress model of depression in mice

XY Deng, HY Li, JJ Chen, RP Li, R Qu, Q Fu… - Behavioural brain …, 2015 - Elsevier
Thymol, a bioactive monoterpene isolated from Thymus vulgaris, has displayed inspiring
neuroprotective properties. The present study was designed to evaluate the antidepressant …

Traditional Chinese medicine in depression treatment: from molecules to systems

C Li, J Huang, YC Cheng, YW Zhang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Depression is a multigenetic or multifactorial syndrome. The central neuron system (CNS)-
orientated, single target, and conventional antidepressants are insufficient and far from …

Drug repositioning for schizophrenia and depression/anxiety disorders: a machine learning approach leveraging expression data

K Zhao, HC So - IEEE journal of biomedical and health …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Development of new medications is a lengthy and costly process, and drug repositioning
might help to shorten the development cycle. We present a machine learning (ML) workflow …

Intranasal delivery of icariin via a nanogel-thermoresponsive hydrogel compound system to improve its antidepressant-like activity

D Xu, YR Lu, N Kou, MJ Hu, QS Wang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although icariin has been reported to have antidepressant-like effects in different animal
models, its poor oral bioavailability and low efficiency of delivery to the brain limit its …

Antidepressant-like effects of albiflorin extracted from Radix paeoniae Alba

YL Wang, JX Wang, XX Hu, L Chen, ZK Qiu… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacology relevance Albiflorin, a monoterpene glycoside, is a main component of
Radix paeoniae Alba, which could be a Chinese herbal medicine used in the treatment of …

Neurotrophic basis to the pathogenesis of depression and phytotherapy

H Wang, Y Yang, G Pei, Z Wang, N Chen - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Depression is a major neuropsychiatric disease that considerably impacts individuals'
psychosocial function and life quality. Neurotrophic factors are now connected to the …