Effects of resveratrol alone or in combination with piperine on cerebral blood flow parameters and cognitive performance in human subjects: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over investigation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-213

  Wightman, Emma L ^a   Reay, Jonathon L ^b   Haskell, Crystal F ^a   Williamson, Gary ^c   Dew, Tristan P ^c   Kennedy, David O ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cognitive performance; Near IR spectroscopy; Piperine; Resveratrol

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; PIPERINE; PLACEBO; RESVERATROL; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MONOTHERAPY; MOOD; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; COGNITION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG POTENTIATION; N BACK TASK; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPROTECTION; RAPID VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING TASK; SERIAL SUBTRACTION TASK; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ALKALOIDS; BENZODIOXOLES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STILBENES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903218648     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000737     Document Type: Article

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