The invention relates to the technical field of psychiatric
pharmacology, discloses application of helicid in
antidepressant drugs, and aims to solve the problems of large
side effect, unstable
curative effect,
drug resistance and the like of existing
antidepressant drugs. According to the
medicine, through multiple mechanisms of activating a cAMP / PKA /
CREB signal channel, promoting
neuroplasticity, inhibiting
neuronal apoptosis, relieving
neuroinflammation and the like, the depressive symptom is remarkably improved. The preparation method comprises the steps of extraction and purification of helicid and preparation of the medicinal preparation. Animal experiments verify that the hilicidum-based
antidepressant drug can effectively improve behavioral indexes of
depression model rats, has low side effects, and does not have the problem of
drug resistance. Compared with the
traditional medicine, the
medicine provided by the invention has the advantages that the
treatment effect is improved, the adverse reaction is reduced, the application prospect is better, and a new
medicine choice with a multi-
target action mechanism is provided for the treatment of depression.