Effects of herbal and dietary supplements on cognition in menopause: A systematic review

Maturitas

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-263

  Clement, Yuri N ^a,b   Onakpoya, Igho ^b   Hung, Shao K ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dietary supplements; Herbal medicine; Isoflavone; Menopause; Soy

Indexed keywords

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; GINCOSAN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; ISOFLAVONE; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBASE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RED CLOVER; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOYBEAN MILK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOYBEANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 79951955160     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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