Bupleurum falcatum

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Bupleurum falcatum, also known as sickle-leaved hare's-ear,{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }} sickle hare's ear and sickle-leaf hare's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.{{GRIN | access-date = 16 January 2018}}

It is endemic to Europe and the Caucasus.

In East Asia, the scientific name Bupleurum falcatum is often misapplied to another species, Bupleurum stenophyllum.{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Chang-Bao |last2=Ma |first2=Xiang-Guang |last3=He |first3=Xing-Jin |date=2011 |title=A taxonomic re-assessment in the Chinese Bupleurum (Apiaceae): Insights from morphology, nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer, and chloroplast (trnH-psbA, matK) sequences |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1759-6831.2011.00157.x |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=558–589 |doi=10.1111/j.1759-6831.2011.00157.x |issn=1674-4918|url-access=subscription }}

Bupleurum falcatum has been found to possess antidepressant properties, mediated through the serotonergic & noradrenergic systems (although the precise mechanism remains to be found).{{cite journal | last1 = Lee | first1 = B | last2 = Yun | first2 = HY | last3 = Shim | first3 = I | last4 = Lee | first4 = H | last5 = Hahm | first5 = DH |name-list-style=vanc | year = 2012 | title = Bupleurum falcatum Prevents Depression and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Rats Exposed to Repeated Restraint Stress. | journal = Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology | volume = 22 | issue = 3 | pages = 422–30 | pmid = 22450800 | doi=10.4014/jmb.1110.10077}}