Title	The efficacy and safety of a Huanglian-jie-du decoction on Hwa-byung patients: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (p7-13)
Keywords	Huanglian-jie-du decoction, Oren gedoku to, Hwabyung, medically unexplained symptoms, insomnia, randomized controlled trial
Author(s)	Yu-Jin Choi, Sun-Yong Chung, Seung-Hun Cho

Title	A Case of Using Hominis Placenta and Soyeom Mixed Pharmacopuncture to Remove Melanocytic Nevus (p14-17)
Keywords	placenta, soyeom, pharmacopuncture, melanocytic nevus, pigmented nevus, alternative and complementary medicine
Author(s)	Hyung-Sik Seo

Title	Preventive effects of crocin on neuronal damages induced by D-galactose through AGEs and oxidative stress in human neuroblastoma cells (SH-SY5Y) (p18-25)
Keywords	D-galactose, Crocin, Saffron, Aging, Reactive oxygen species, Advanced glycation end products
Author(s)	Somaye Heidari, Soghra Mehri, Vahidesadat Shariaty, Hossein Hosseinzadeh

Title	Effects of Spinal-Z in Patients with Gastroesophageal Cancer (p26-34)
Keywords	Gastroesophageal cancers, Adenocarcinoma, Squamous cell carcinoma, Peganum harmala, Dracocephalum kotschyii Boiss, Spinal-Z
Author(s)	Alexandra E. Butler, Mahdi Rajaee, Maghsoud Seifi, Alireza Saadat, Yunes Panahi, Amirhossein Sahebkar

Title	Antidepressant effects of aqueous extract of saffron and its effects on CREB, P-CREB, BDNF, and VGF proteins in rat cerebellum (p35-40)
Keywords	BDNF, CREB, Crocus sativus, Depression, P-CREB, VGF, Cerebellum
Author(s)	Najmeh Asrari, Rezvan Yazdian-Robati, Abnous Razavi, BiBi Marjan Rashednia, Mrazieh Rashednia, Faezeh Vahdati Hasani, Hossein Hosseinzadeh