Effect of an oral supplementation with a proprietary melon juice concentrate (Extramel®) on stress and fatigue in healthy people: A pilot, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Milesi, Marie Anne ^a   Lacan, Dominique ^b   Brosse, Hervé ^c   Desor, Didier ^d   Notin, Claire ^a  

^a AIR LIQUIDE   (France)

^b Bionov   (France)

^c Isoclin ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; EXTRAMEL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRITABILITY; MELON; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CUCUMIS;

ADULT; CUCURBITACEAE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 70350638596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-8-40     Document Type: Article

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