Natural sleep aids and polyphenols as treatments for insomnia

S Cho, M Shimizu - Bioactive nutraceuticals and dietary supplements in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sleep is vital for maintaining health and well-being; however, insomnia is currently a
widespread health complaint. According to a report from the National Sleep Foundation in …

Herbal remedies and their possible effect on the GABAergic system and sleep

O Bruni, L Ferini-Strambi, E Giacomoni, P Pellegrino - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sleep is an essential component of physical and emotional well-being, and lack, or
disruption, of sleep due to insomnia is a highly prevalent problem. The interest in …

Marine Polyphenol Phlorotannins as a Natural Sleep Aid for Treatment of Insomnia: A Review of Sedative–Hypnotic Effects and Mechanism of Action

S Kim, D Kim, MY Um, M Yoon, JS Choi, YH Choi… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder. Natural sleep aids are gaining worldwide popularity
as alternatives to prescription drugs for improving sleep. Recently, numerous studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep-aids derived from natural products

Z Hu, S Oh, TW Ha, JT Hong, KW Oh - Biomolecules & therapeutics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although drugs such as barbiturates and benzodiazepines are often used for the treatment
of insomnia, they are associated with various side effects such as habituations, tolerance …

Marine polyphenol phlorotannins promote non-rapid eye movement sleep in mice via the benzodiazepine site of the GABAA receptor

S Cho, M Yoon, AN Pae, YH Jin, NC Cho, Y Takata… - …, 2014 - Springer
Rationale In psychopharmacology, researchers have been interested in the hypnotic effects
of terrestrial plant polyphenols and their synthetic derivatives. Phlorotannins, a marine plant …

Triphlorethol A, a dietary polyphenol from seaweed, decreases sleep latency and increases non-rapid eye movement sleep in mice

M Yoon, S Cho - Marine Drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
In our previous studies, we have demonstrated that marine polyphenol phlorotannins
promote sleep through the benzodiazepine site of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A …

Dieckol, a Major Marine Polyphenol, Enhances Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in Mice via the GABAA-Benzodiazepine Receptor

M Yoon, JS Kim, S Seo, K Lee, MY Um, J Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
We had previously demonstrated that phlorotannins, which are marine polyphenols,
enhance sleep in mice via the GABAA-benzodiazepine (BZD) receptor. Among the …

Herbal insomnia medications that target GABAergic systems: a review of the psychopharmacological evidence

Y Shi, JW Dong, JH Zhao, LN Tang… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Insomnia is a common sleep disorder which is prevalent in women and the elderly. Current
insomnia drugs mainly target the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor, melatonin receptor …

A standardized phlorotannin supplement attenuates caffeine-induced sleep disruption in mice

S Kwon, M Yoon, J Lee, KD Moon, D Kim, SB Kim… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
In our previous studies, a standardized phlorotannin (brown seaweed polyphenol)
supplement (PS) exhibited sleep-promoting effects via type A γ-aminobutyric acid …

Potential of Polyphenols for Improving Sleep: A Preliminary Results from Review of Human Clinical Trials and Mechanistic Insights

M Hibi - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Global epidemiologic evidence supports an interrelationship between sleep disorders and
fruits and vegetable ingestion. Polyphenols, a broad group of plant substances, are …