Effects of dietary supplementation with a combination of fish oil, bilberry extract, and lutein on subjective symptoms of asthenopia in humans

Biomedical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 387-393

  Kawabata, Fuminori ^a   Tsuji, Tomoko ^a  

^a NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,8,11,14,17 ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; BILBERRY EXTRACT; CERVONIC ACID; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BILBERRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; FRUSTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 84855168356     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.32.387     Document Type: Article

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