Abstract:

Depression is one of the dangerous epidemic diseases all over the world. Its pathogenic mechanisms mainly refer
to the monoamine neurotransmitter system disorders, neurotrophic factor deficiency and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
axis stress system disorders. Most current clinical treatments are often reported to have undesirable side effects, and thus the
development of the nutritional foods with antidepressant function becomes necessary. This paper reviews the recent progress
in antidepressant nutritional factors (and/or functional factors), mechanisms and nutritional supplements.

Key words: anti-depression, nutritional factor, action mechanism, nutritional supplement