A randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled crossover trial on the effects of L-ornithine on salivary cortisol and feelings of fatigue of flushers the morning after alcohol consumption

BioPsychoSocial Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kokubo, Takeshi ^a   Ikeshima, Emiko ^a   Kirisako, Takayoshi ^a   Miura, Yutaka ^a   Horiuchi, Masahisa ^b   Tsuda, Akira ^c  

^a KIRIN HOLDINGS CO LTD   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flusher; Ornithine; Residual alcohol effects; Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873939148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17510759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0759-7-6     Document Type: Article

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