Efficacy of Viola odorata in treatment of chronic insomnia

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Feyzabadi, Zohre ^a   Jafari, Farhad ^a   Kamali, Seyed Hamid ^b   Ashayeri, Hassan ^c   Aval, Shapour Badiee ^d   Esfahani, Mohammad Mahdi ^b   Sadeghpour, Omid ^c  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic insomnia; Iranian traditional medicine; Viola odorata L; Violet oil

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLA ODORATA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; THROAT DISEASE; VIOLET OIL;

EID: 84920268727     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: 20741812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.17511     Document Type: Article

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