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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2024

Edible Herbal Medicines as an Alternative to Common Medication for Sleep Disorders: A Review Article.

Azar Hosseini, Leila Mobasheri, Hassan Rakhshandeh, Vafa Baradaran Rahimi, Zohreh Najafi, Vahid Reza Askari

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
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  5. Temporal Association Cortex Gates Sound-Evoked Arousal from NREM Sleep.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Article
  6. Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Natural Compounds ofBiomedicines · 2023
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Azar HosseiniPharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad Iran.
Leila MobasheriPharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad Iran.
Hassan RakhshandehPharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad Iran.
Vafa Baradaran RahimiDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Zohreh NajafiDivision of Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
Vahid Reza AskariInternational UNESCO Center for Health-Related Basic Sciences and Human Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insomnia is repeated difficulty in falling asleep, maintaining sleep, or experiencing lowquality sleep, resulting in some form of daytime disturbance. Sleeping disorders cause daytime fatigue, mental confusion, and over-sensitivity due to insufficient recovery from a sound sleep. There are some drugs, such as benzodiazepines and anti-histaminic agents, which help to sleep induction and insomnia cure. However, the prolonged administration is unsuitable because of tolerance and dependence. Therefore, the researchers attempt to find new medicines with lesser adverse effects. Natural products have always been good sources for developing new therapeutics for managing diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, insomnia, and liver and renal problems. Ample research has justified the acceptable reason and relevance of the use of these herbs in the treatment of insomnia. It is worth noting that in this study, we looked into various Persian herbs in a clinical trial and

Indexed as

Sleep Wake DisordersAnimalsHumansPhytotherapyPlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersPlant ExtractsbenzodiazepinesGABAergic systemherbal medicineinflammationoxidative stress.Sleep

Identifiers

PMID37345244
PMCPMC10964091

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