A review explores the effects of herbal neurotonics on cognitive function, suggesting significant potential for future applications.
Cognitive enhancement is a rapidly growing field at the intersection of neuroscience and ethnopharmacology. Herbal neurotonics — plant-derived compounds with demonstrated or proposed effects on brain function — represent one of the oldest and most widely explored categories of cognitive enhancers. The global market for such natural nootropics has expanded dramatically in the past decade, underscored by rising rates of neurodegenerative diseases and an aging world population.
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