Experiment 69650

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismPiper methysticum (PIPERACEAE)
CitationTHOMPSON,R: RUCH,W: HASENOHRL,RU:. (2004). ENHANCED COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE AND CHEERFUL MOOD BY STANDARDIZED EXTRACTS OF PIPER METHYSTICUM (KAVA-KAVA).. 19(4)
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Compound isolated
DiseaseATTENTION AND SHORT-TERM MEMORY RETRIEVAL, RESPECTIVELY. CHEERFULNESS MODERATED THE DRUG-INDUCED INCREASE IN CHEERFUL MOOD. FURTHERMORE, KAVA IMPROVED THE ACCURACY AND THE SPEED OF PERFORMING THE PARTIAL REPORT AND THE ITEM RECOGNITION TASK, INDICATIVE OF A BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF KAVA ON VISUAL DOSE OF KAVE EXTRACT (300 MG;P.O.) LED TO AN INCREASE IN STATE CHEERFULNESS, WHILE KAVA DID NOT INFLUENCE STATE SERIOUSNESS AND BAD MOOD. THE MOOD ELEVATING EFFECTS OF KAVA WERE MOST PROMINENT IN TRAIT CHEERFUL SUBJECTS, INDICATING THAT TRAIT AS BOTH TRAITS ANS STATES. COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE WAS EXAMINED WITH THE SPERLING PARTIAL REPORT AND THE STERNBERG ITEM RECOGNITION TASK, WHICH WERE USED AS AN INDEX FOR VISUAL ATTENTION AND SHORT TERM MEMORY PROCESSING. THE INTAKE OF A SINGLE A DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL INVOLVING HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS. SUBJECTS REPORTS OF MOOD CHANGE WERE ASSESSED WITH STATE-TRAIT-CHEERFULNESS-INVENTORY, WHICH MEASURES THE THREE CONCEPTS OF CHEERFULNESS, SERIOUSNESS AND BAD MOOD
Dose amount300.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractTYPE EXT NOT STATED
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES