A randomized controlled trial of high dose ascorbic acid for reduction of blood pressure, cortisol, and subjective responses to psychological stress

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-324

  Brody, Stuart ^a,b   Preut, Ragnar ^a,b   Schommer, Kerstin ^a,b   Schürmeyer, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Blood pressure; Cortisol; Stress; Trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CETEBE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036170462     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-001-0929-6     Document Type: Article

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