Memory improvements in elderly women following 16 weeks treatment with a combined multivitamin, mineral and herbal supplement A randomized controlled trial

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 351-365

  MacPherson, Helen ^a   Ellis, Kathryn A ^b   Sali, Avni ^c   Pipingas, Andrew ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c National Institute of Integrative Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood safety; Cognition; Cognitive; Elderly; Homocysteine; Inflammation; Memory; Multivitamin; Oxidative stress; Vitamin; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTINE; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; SWISSE WOMEN ULTIVITE 50; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION TASK; BLOOD SAFETY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SIDE EFFECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VERBAL MEMORY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VITAMINS;

EID: 84858449223     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2481-3     Document Type: Article

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