The effect of acute administration of 400mg of Panax ginseng on cognitive performance and mood in healthy young volunteers

Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-74

  Sünram Lea, Sandra I ^a   Birchall, R J ^a   Wesnes, K A ^b   Petrini, O ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Harvard Medical School   (United Kingdom)

^c Pharmaton SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Healthy young adults; Mood; Panax ginseng; Single dose administration

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 14944381228     PISSN: 15407535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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