Neurocognitive effects of guaraná plant extract

Drugs of the Future

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 869-874

  Scholey, Andrew ^a   Haskell, Crystal ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; GINSENG EXTRACT; GUARANA EXTRACT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; THEOBROMINE; THEOPHYLLINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSENTERY; DYSMENORRHEA; GUARANA; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMORY DISORDER; MIGRAINE; MONOTHERAPY; NEURALGIA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES CULTIVATION; STOMACH DISEASE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 58349087883     PISSN: 03778282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dof.2008.33.10.1250977     Document Type: Review

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