Acute effects of tea consumption on attention and mood1-4

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Einöther, Suzanne J ^a   Martens, Vanessa E ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CAFFEINE; CATECHIN; DOPAMINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ETHYLAMINE; FLAVONOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; THEANINE;

A WAVE; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CREATIVITY; DEPRESSION; ENERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEISURE; LIVER METABOLISM; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEMORY; MOOD; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESPONSE TIME; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEA;

AFFECT; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; COGNITION; GLUTAMATES; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA;

EID: 84888256046     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058248     Document Type: Article

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