Acute mood but not cognitive improvements following administration of a single multivitamin and mineral supplement in healthy women aged 50 and above: a randomised controlled trial

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Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Macpherson, H ^a,b   Rowsell, R ^a   Cox, K H M ^a   Scholey, A ^a   Pipingas, A ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Elderly; Mood; Multivitamin; Multivitamin mineral; Stress

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT PLUS MINERAL PLUS MULTIVITAMIN; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SUPPLEMENTATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKING MEMORY; AFFECT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

AFFECT; AGED; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; VITAMINS;

EID: 84928471456     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-015-9782-0     Document Type: Article

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