| Title |
Pilot study of the efficacy and safety of lettuce seed oil in patients with sleep disorders
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of General Medicine, June 2011
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| DOI | 10.2147/ijgm.s21529 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mostafa Yakoot, Sherine Helmy, Kamal Fawal |
| Abstract |
Lactuca sativa (garden lettuce) is a popular salad herb. It has been in use in folk medicine since ancient times as both an appetite stimulant and as an aid to sleep. L. sativa seed oil (Sedan(®)) has demonstrated a pronounced sedative effect and potentiated the hypnotic effect of barbiturates in animal models. It also exhibited significant analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities. In this study, we evaluated the sedative and hypnotic effects of L. sativa in patients suffering from insomnia. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 40% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 20% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 14% |
| Researcher | 6 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 17% |
| Unknown | 20 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 16% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 10% |
| Unknown | 24 | 41% |
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