Saffron and Reduced Depression Severity

• A systematic review on the use of phytotherapy in managing clinical depression.

  • 2024-08-11
  • Review
  • BioImpacts : BI 15
  • • Sutude Fazilat
    • Fateme Tahmasbi
    • Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
    • Sarvin Sanaie
    • Zahra Yousefi
    • Solmaz Asnaashari
    • Shadi Yaqoubi
    • Ahad Banagozar Mohammadi
    • Mostafa Araj-Khodaei

  • PubMed: 40256221
  • DOI: 10.34172/bi.30532

  1 Insight on

  • Reduced Depression Severity

  • Low evidence

  saffron showed encouraging outcomes when used to treat mild to severe depression. It proved to be equally efficacious as well-known antidepressants like imipramine and fluoxetine.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes