Effects of four-week supplementation with a multi-vitamin/mineral preparation on mood and blood biomarkers in young adults: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 9005-9017

  White, David J ^a   Cox, Katherine H M ^a   Peters, Riccarda ^a   Pipingas, Andrew ^a   Scholey, Andrew B ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Homocysteine; Micronutrient; Mineral; Mood; Multivitamin

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID PLUS VITAMIN B COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; PLACEBO; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; BLOOD; DEPRESSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BIOMARKERS; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; REFERENCE VALUES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946013411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7115451     Document Type: Article

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