The effects of dietary supplementation with isoflavones from red clover on cognitive function in postmenopausal women

Climacteric

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-77

  Howes, J B ^a   Bray, K ^b   Lorenz, L ^b   Smerdely, P ^a   Howes, L G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b St George Hospital and Community Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Isoflavones; Postmenopausal; Red clover

Indexed keywords

BIOCHANIN A; DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; RED CLOVER EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DETERIORATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED CLOVER; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL MEMORY;

COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRIFOLIUM; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 1642271469     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130310001651490     Document Type: Article

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