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SUBMITTER: Kaushik MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5313221 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaushik Mahesh K MK Kaul Sunil C SC Wadhwa Renu R Yanagisawa Masashi M Urade Yoshihiro Y
PloS one 20170216 2
Insomnia is the most common sleep complaint which occurs due to difficulty in falling asleep or maintaining it. Most of currently available drugs for insomnia develop dependency and/or adverse effects. Hence natural therapies could be an alternative choice of treatment for insomnia. The root or whole plant extract of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) has been used to induce sleep in Indian system of traditional home medicine, Ayurveda. However, its active somnogenic components remain unidentified ...[more]