A double-blind, placebo-controlled investigation of the effects of passiflora incarnata (passionflower) herbal tea on subjective sleep quality

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1153-1159

  Ngan, A ^a   Conduit, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

herbal tea; Passiflora; Passiflora incarnata; passionflower; polysomnography; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BEVERAGES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PASSIFLORA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA;

EID: 80051683286     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3400     Document Type: Article

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