PLANTS FOR THE TREATMENT
OF DEPRESSION
A Source of Rich Antidepressant Agents
,Cover Photo:
Top: Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. (finger millet, also known as ragi in India, Kodo in
Nepal). Photo by Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Middle: Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort). Photo by Agnieszka Kwiecień,
Nova. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons.
Right: Mucuna pruriens (monkey tamarind). Photo by Vijayanrajapuram. https://creative
commons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons.
Left: Zanthoxylum armatum (also called winged prickly ash or rattan pepper in English).
Photo by Krzysztof Golik. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en, via
Wikimedia Commons.
, Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health: From Soil to Fork
HIMALAYAN MEDICINAL
PLANTS FOR THE TREATMENT
OF DEPRESSION
A Source of Rich Antidepressant Agents
Edited by
Abdur Rauf, PhD
Prabhakar Semwal, PhD
Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, PhD