| Title: |
Randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of echinacea supplementation in air travellers |
| Authors: |
Tiralongo, E; Lea, RA; Wee, SS; Hanna, MM; Griffiths, LR |
| Publisher Information: |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
| Publication Year: |
2012 |
| Collection: |
Griffith University: Griffith Research Online |
| Subject Terms: |
Traditional; complementary and integrative medicine; complementary and integrative medicine not elsewhere classified; Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences |
| Description: |
Objective. To identify whether a standardised Echinacea formulation is effective in the prevention of respiratory and other symptoms associated with long-haul flights. Methods. 175 adults participated in a randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled trial travelling back from Australia to America, Europe, or Africa for a period of 1-5 weeks on commercial flights via economy class. Participants took Echinacea (root extract, standardised to 4.4?mg alkylamides) or placebo tablets. Participants were surveyed before, immediately after travel, and at 4 weeks after travel regarding upper respiratory symptoms and travel-related quality of life. Results. Respiratory symptoms for both groups increased significantly during travel (P < 0.0005). However, the Echinacea group had borderline significantly lower respiratory symptom scores compared to placebo (P = 0.05) during travel. Conclusions. Supplementation with standardised Echinacea tablets, if taken before and during travel, may have preventive effects against the development of respiratory symptoms during travel involving long-haul flights ; Griffith Health, School of Pharmacy ; Full Text |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine; https://hdl.handle.net/10072/45847 |
| DOI: |
10.1155/2012/417267 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10072/45847; https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/417267 |
| Rights: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/au/ ; © The Author(s) 2011. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted.For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website. The online version of this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/au/ ; open access |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.AE169178 |
| Database: |
BASE |