Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteers

The authors studied the acute effects of "Guaraná", when compared to caffeine and placebo, (double blind study) on cognition, anxiety and sleep in 30 normal volunteers. Although results were negative it cannot be concluded that "Guaraná" is harmless. Other studies shall be undert...

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Main Authors: José Carlos Fernandes Galduróz, Elisaldo de Araújo Carlini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801994000300007&lng=en&tlng=en
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description The authors studied the acute effects of "Guaraná", when compared to caffeine and placebo, (double blind study) on cognition, anxiety and sleep in 30 normal volunteers. Although results were negative it cannot be concluded that "Guaraná" is harmless. Other studies shall be undertaken, administering "Guaraná" on a long term basis, as popularly proclaimed.
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spelling doaj.art-dddd1d475489422284cd18f84672f6622022-12-21T18:43:15ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-9460112360761110.1590/S1516-31801994000300007S1516-31801994000300007Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteersJosé Carlos Fernandes Galduróz0Elisaldo de Araújo Carlini1Universidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloThe authors studied the acute effects of "Guaraná", when compared to caffeine and placebo, (double blind study) on cognition, anxiety and sleep in 30 normal volunteers. Although results were negative it cannot be concluded that "Guaraná" is harmless. Other studies shall be undertaken, administering "Guaraná" on a long term basis, as popularly proclaimed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801994000300007&lng=en&tlng=en"Guaraná" (Paulinia cupana)cognitionsleepanxiety
spellingShingle José Carlos Fernandes Galduróz
Elisaldo de Araújo Carlini
Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteers
São Paulo Medical Journal
"Guaraná" (Paulinia cupana)
cognition
sleep
anxiety
title Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteers
title_full Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteers
title_fullStr Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteers
title_full_unstemmed Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteers
title_short Acute efects of the Paulinia cupana, "Guaraná" on the cognition of normal volunteers
title_sort acute efects of the paulinia cupana guarana on the cognition of normal volunteers
topic "Guaraná" (Paulinia cupana)
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sleep
anxiety
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