Experiment 929239
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Melissa officinalis (LAMIACEAE) |
| Citation | LINDAHL,O: LINDWALL,L:. (1989). DOUBLE BLIND STUDY OF A VALERIAN PREPARATION.. 32(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 27 SUBJECTS WITH SLEEP DIFFICULTIES TOOK PREPARATIONS OF HUMULUS LUPULUS, MELISSA OFFICINALIS AND EITHER HIGH OR TRACE LEVELS OF VALERIAN. THE HIGH DOSE PREPARATION IS SAID TO BE HIGH IN SESQUITERPENES. SUBJECTS TOOK EACH DOSAGE LEVEL ON A SINGLE NIGHT IN A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND CROSSOVER TRIAL. 44% REPORTED PERFECT SLEEP AND 89% REPORTED IMPROVED SLEEP WITH THE HIGH VALERIAN DOSAGE. NIGHTMARES AND OTHER SIDE EFFECTS WERE NOT SEEN. |
| Dose amount | 160.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |