Chronic consumption of flavanone-rich orange juice is associated with cognitive benefits: An 8-wk, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in healthy older adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 506-514

  Kean, Rebecca J ^a   Lamport, Daniel J ^a   Dodd, Georgina F ^a   Freeman, Jayne E ^a   Williams, Claire M ^a   Ellis, Judi A ^a   Butler, Laurie T ^a   Spencer, Jeremy P E ^b  

^a School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Executive function; Flavanone; Flavonoid; Orange juice

Indexed keywords

FLAVANONE; PLACEBO; DISACCHARIDE; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; HESPERIDIN; NARIRUTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ORANGE JUICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKING MEMORY; AGING; ANALYSIS; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SWEET ORANGE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BEVERAGES; CITRUS SINENSIS; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISACCHARIDES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENGLAND; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HESPERIDIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84928422644     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.088518     Document Type: Article

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