Effects of multivitamin, mineral and herbal supplement on cognition in younger adults and the contribution of B group vitamins

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-82

  Pipingas, Andrew ^a   Camfield, David A ^a   Stough, Con ^a   Scholey, Andrew B ^a   Cox, Katherine H M ^a   White, David ^a   Sarris, Jerome ^a,b   Sali, Avni ^c   Macpherson, Helen ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c National Institute of Integrative Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

attention; B vitamins; cognition; homocysteine; memory; multivitamin

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; B VITAMINS; COGNITION; HOMOCYSTEINE; MEMORY; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEX FACTORS; STROOP TEST; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892620251     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: 10991077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hup.2372     Document Type: Article

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