An examination of the effects of the antioxidant Pycnogenol® on cognitive performance, serum lipid profile, endocrinological and oxidative stress biomarkers in an elderly population

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-562

  Ryan, J ^a   Croft, K ^b   Mori, T ^b   Wesnes, K ^c   Spong, J ^a   Downey, L ^a   Kure, C ^d   Lloyd, J ^a   Stough, C ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Cognitive Drug Research Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Antioxidant; Cognition; Oxidative stress; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; PLACEBO; PYCNOGENOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPIDS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 49349093203     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881108091584     Document Type: Article

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