Potential toxicity of caffeine when used as a dietary supplement for weight loss

Journal of Dietary Supplements

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-298

  Pendleton, Morgan ^a   Brown, Stacy ^b   Thomas, Christan ^c   Odle, Brian ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Dietary supplements; Overdose; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT; CAFFEINE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ATROPHY; CAFFEINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISION DISORDERS;

EPHEDRA; PAULLINIA CUPANA;

EID: 84869444001     PISSN: 19390211     EISSN: 1939022X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19390211.2012.736460     Document Type: Review

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