Experiment 68699
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Valeriana edulis (VALERIANACEAE) |
| Citation | FRANCIS,AJP: DEMPSTER,RJW:. (2002). EFFECT OF VALERIAN, VALERIANA EDULIS, ON SLEEP DIFFICULTIES IN CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DEFICITS: RANDOMISED TRIAL.. 9(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, CROSSOVER STUDY AIMED TO EXPLORE VALERIAN'S POTENTIAL FOR ASSISTING IN THE TREATMENT OF SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN WITH ID. FIVE CHILDREN WITH VARYING INTELLECTURAL DEFICITS AND DIFFERENT PRIMARY SLEEP PROBLEMS UNDERWENT EIGHT CONTINUOUS WEEKS OF MONITIORING VIA SLEEP DIARIES, ADHERING TO A DOUBLE BLIND, PLACEBO CONTROLLED AND RANDOMISED DESIGN. COMPARED TO BASELINE AND PLACEBO, VALERIAN TREATMENT LED TO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN SLEEP LATENCIES AND NOCTURNAL TIME AWAKE, LENGHTENED TOTAL SLEEP TIME AND IMPROVED SLEEP QUALITY. THE TREATMENT WAS APPARENTLY MOST EFFECTIVE IN CHILDREN WITH DEFICITS THAT INVOLVED HYPERACTIVITY. ALTHOUGH THE FINDINS ARE PRELIMINARY AND IN NEED OF REPLICATION, THERE IS EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT VALERIAN MAY BE USEFUL IN THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM TREATMENT OF INTRANSIGENT SLEEP DIFFICULTIES IN CHILDREN WITH ID'S AND THEREFORE WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION. |
| Dose amount | 20.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN CHILD |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |