The effects of multivitamin supplementation on diurnal cortisol secretion and perceived stress

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4429-4450

  Camfield, David A ^a   Wetherell, Mark A ^b   Scholey, Andrew B ^a   Cox, Katherine H M ^a   Fogg, Erin ^a   White, David J ^a   Sarris, Jerome ^a,c   Kras, Marni ^a   Stough, Con ^a   Sali, Avni ^d   Pipingas, Andrew ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d National Institute of Integrative Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Cortisol awakening response; Homocysteine; Multivitamins; Perceived stress

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID PLUS VITAMIN B COMPLEX; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; SWISSE ULTIVITE FORMULA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITIS VINIFERA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROCYTES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887485471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5114429     Document Type: Article

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