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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Pathophysiology of Depression: Stingless Bee Honey Promising as an Antidepressant.

Fatin Haniza Zakaria, Ismail Samhani, Mohd Zulkifli Mustafa, Nazlahshaniza Shafin

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In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fatin Haniza ZakariaDepartment of Neuroscience, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kota Bharu 16150, Malaysia.
Ismail SamhaniFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Medical Campus, Jalan Sultan Mahmud, Kuala Terengganu 20400, Malaysia.
Mohd Zulkifli MustafaDepartment of Neuroscience, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kota Bharu 16150, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-8140-8184
Nazlahshaniza ShafinDepartment of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kota Bharu 16150, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-8524-1852
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia · MYSultan Zainal Abidin University · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression is a debilitating psychiatric disorder impacting an individual's quality of life. It is the most prevalent mental illness across all age categories, incurring huge socio-economic impacts. Most depression treatments currently focus on the elevation of neurotransmitters according to the monoamine hypothesis. Conventional treatments include tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors (NDRIs), monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), and serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Despite numerous pharmacological strategies utilising conventional drugs, the discovery of alternative medicines from natural products is a must for safer and beneficial brain supplement. About 30% of patients have been reported to show resistance to drug treatments coupled with functional impairment, poor quality of life, and suicidal ideation with a high relapse rate. Hence, there is an urgency for novel discoveries of safer and highly effective depression treatments. Stingless bee honey (SBH) has been proven to contain a high level of antioxidants compared to other types of honey. This is a comprehensive review of the potential use of SBH as a new candidate for antidepressants from the perspective of the monoamine, inflammatory and neurotrophin hypotheses.

Indexed as

HoneyAnimalsAntidepressive AgentsBeesDepressionHumansQuality of LifeSelective Serotonin Reuptake InhibitorsAntidepressive AgentsSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitorsdepressioninflammationmonoamineneurotrophinstingless bee honey

Identifiers

PMID36014336
PMCPMC9416360
OpenAlexW4291017243

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