Catedra de farmacognozie şi botanică farmaceutică, USMF „Nicolae Testemiţanu”Background. Stress and anxiety can affect people of any age and lead to mental health disorders. In the treatment, an important role belongs to phytotherapeutic products to return previous level of psychosocial and occupational functions. Objective of the study. Evaluation of medicinal plants and phytotherapeutic products with sedative properties. Material and methods. The scientific literature on the use of medicinal plants with sedative properties served as study material and the evaluation of their phytotherapeutic products according to the State Nomenclature of Medicines of the Republic of Moldova. Results. In anxious states, plants (Valeriana officinalis...