title: Strategies of Functional Foods Promote Sleep in Human Being.
abstract: Sleep is a vital segment of life, however, the mechanisms of diet promoting sleep are unclear and are the focus of research. Insomnia is a general sleep disorder and functional foods are known to play a key role in the prevention of insomnia. A number of studies have demonstrated that major insomnia risk factors in human being are less functional foods in dietary. There are higher functional components in functional foods promoting sleep, including tryptophan, GABA, calcium, potassium, melatonin, pyridoxine, L-ornithine and hexadecanoic acid; but wake-promoting neurochemical factors include serotonin, noradrenalin, acetylcholine, histamine, orexin and so on. The factors promoting sleep in human being are the functional foods include barley grass powder, whole grains, maca, panax, Lingzhi, asparagus powder, lettuce, cherry, kiwifruits, walnut, schisandra wine, and milk; Barley grass powder with higher GABA and calcium, as well as potassium is the most ideal functional food promoting sleep, however, the sleep duration for modern humans is associated with food structure of ancient humans. In this review, we put forward possible mechanisms of functional components in foods promoting sleep. Although there is clear relevance between sleep and diet, their molecular mechanisms need to be studied further.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, P.R. China;
authors.forename: Yawen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, P.R. China; ; Kuming Tiankang Science & Technology Limited Company, Kunming 650231, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jiazhen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, P.R. China;
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, P.R. China;
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, P.R. China;
authors.forename: Xiaomen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, P.R. China;
authors.forename: Shuming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, P.R. China;
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: Bioactive component; dietary; functional food; human being; insomnia; molecular mechanisms; sleep promoting.