Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Review

Abstract

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and disabling mental disorder encounter in neurologic practice. Inspite of the several classes of drugs that are available for the treatment of OCD, full remission remains challenging. Research on herbal remedies has grown over the last decade. Objective: This present review article provides the reader the plants that exhibited protective effects on OCD. Method: To retrieve articles related to the study, Web of Science, PubMed (NLM), Open Access Journals, LISTA (EBSCO), and Google Scholar, with keywords including Medicinal plants, Psychiatric disorders, Obsessive-compulsive disorder and Phytomedicine were used. Results: The plants which are used for the treatment of OCD are: Citrus aurantium, Crocus sativus, Benincasa hispida, Withania somnifera, Colocasia esculenta, Hypericum perforatum, Valeriana officinalis, Lagenaria siceraria and Echium amoenum. Conclusion: This review suggests that some medicinal plants can be potential drug candidates for the treatment of OCD. Aside from this, future focus should be on the standardization of herbal extracts, and further research is required to be performed on the concept of mechanism. Clinical research in this area is in its infancy and warrant further clinical research.

A chromosome-level reference genome of the wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)

“…In the recent decades, the wax gourd is grown in more and more areas throughout the world for multi-purpose uses. It contains many important nutrients, and some metabolites can be used in treating fever and various disorders 3 , 4 . Commonly, it is used as an important vegetable and its young leaves, flower buds, immature and mature fruit is cooked and eaten.…”