Experiment 636885
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Valeriana officinalis (VALERIANACEAE) |
| Citation | WAGNER,J: WAGNER,ML: HENING,WA:. (1998). BEYOND BENZODIAZEPINES: ALTERNATIVE PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF INSOMNIA.. 32(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A DOUBLE-BLIND, CROSSOVER, PALACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL, SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENTS OF SLEEP LATENCY AND WAKE TIME AFTER SLEEP ONSET WERE REDUCED BY MORE THAN 50% AFTER A 900-MG DOSE, WITH SMALLER EFFECTS AFTER 450 MG. THERE WERE IMPROVEMENTS IN SLEEP WHEN MEASURED IN THE SUBJECTS' HOMES, BUT THE INVESTIGATORS FAILED TO CONFIRM THE HYPNOTIC EFFECT OF VALERIAN IN A SLEEP LABORATORY. THIS DISCREPANCEY CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE YOUNGER SUBJECTS AND THE MORE STRESSFUL SLEEP ENVIRONMENT IN THE LABORATORY, WHICH CAN MIMINIZE THE MILD SEDATIVE ACTIVITY OF VALERIAN. |
| Dose amount | VAR MG |
| Number | 5 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | H2O EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |