A nutraceutical product based on Jerte Valley cherries improves sleep and augments the antioxidant status in humans

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Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Garrido, María ^a   Espino, Javier ^a   González Gómez, David ^b   Lozano, Mercedes ^b   Cubero, Javier ^a   Toribio Delgado, Antonio F ^a   Maynar Mariño, Juan I ^a   Terrón, M Pilar ^a   Muñoz, Juan L ^c   Pariente, José A ^a   Barriga, Carmen ^a   Paredes, Sergio D ^a   Rodríguez, Ana B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Technological Institute of Food and Agriculture of Extremadura INTAEX   (Spain)

^c Group of Cooperatives Valle Del Jerte   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cherry; Melatonin; Serotonin; Sleep; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; NUTRACEUTICAL; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHERRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 71949115705     PISSN: 17514991     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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