A combination of green tea extract and l-theanine improves memory and attention in subjects with mild cognitive impairment: A double-blind placebo-controlled study

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-343

  Park, Sang Ki ^a,b   Jung, In Chul ^c   Lee, Won Kyung ^a   Lee, Young Sun ^a   Park, Hyoung Kook ^a   Go, Hyo Jin ^d   Kim, Kiseong ^e   Lim, Nam Kyoo ^f   Hong, Jin Tae ^b   Ly, Sun Yung ^g   Rho, Seok Seon ^c  

^a LG Household and Healthcare Ltd   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^e Laxtha Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

^f Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^g Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

attention; electroencephalography; green tea; l theanine; memory; neuropsychological test

Indexed keywords

GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LACTOSE; LGNC 07; MALTODEXTRIN; PLACEBO; THEANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; READING; RECOGNITION; REY KIM MEMORY TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROOP TEST; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953165766     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2009.1374     Document Type: Article

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