The role of functional foods in the psychobiology of health and disease

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-88

  Hamer, Mark ^a   Owen, Gail ^b   Kloek, Joris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bioactive compounds; Cardiovascular disease; Psychosocial stress; Stress relief

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ADRENALIN; ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BLACK CURRANT EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINKGOLIDE B; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; KAVA EXTRACT; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; MILK PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; OLIVE OIL; PROTEIN; SAFFLOWER OIL; SAPONIN; SELENIUM; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; STEARIDONIC ACID; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VALERIAN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERY INTIMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOOD; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

CITRUS LIMON; GINKGO BILOBA; PANAX GINSENG; PIPER METHYSTICUM; VALERIANA;

EID: 20444450583     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/NRR2005103     Document Type: Review

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