**7. Molecular mechanisms of antipsychotic action of medicinal plants**

Many medicinal plants have been studied for their antipsychotic properties and several mechanisms of action have been proposed for their actions. A number of these plants were believed to act in a similar manner as orthodox medicines but in most cases without the disturbing adverse effects. **Table 1** gave a summary of the probable antipsychotic mechanism of action of the medicinal plants. Various animal models are used to investigate the antipsychotic properties of medicinal plants, some of these models help to determine whether these plants have typical or atypical antipsychotic like effects.


