GABA tea helps sleep

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 697-698

  Cheng, Tsun Chi ^a,b   Tsai, Jui Feng ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CLONAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; MALE; PITTSBURG SLEEP QUALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; TEA;

EID: 67749102313     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0023     Document Type: Letter

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