Improved cognitive performance after dietary supplementation with a Pinus radiata bark extract formulation

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1168-1174

  Pipingas, Andrew ^a   Silberstein, Richard B ^a   Vitetta, Luis ^b   Van Rooy, Cindy ^a   Harris, Elizabeth V ^a   Young, Joanna M ^c   Frampton, Christopher M ^d   Sali, Avni ^e   Nastasi, Joseph ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e National Institute of Integrative Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Enzogenol; Pine bark extract; Pinus radiata; Vitamin C: cognition

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; ENZOGENOL; FLAVONOID; PINUS RADIATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; MONOTHERAPY; PINUS RADIATA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PINUS; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALIA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 52649172732     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2388     Document Type: Article

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