affron

Autor:	Graham, Kell, Amanda, Rao, Gavin, Beccaria, Paul, Clayton, Antonio Manuel, Inarejos-García, Marin, Prodanov
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Adult Male Depressive Disorder Adolescent Depression Plant Extracts Terpenes Flowers Anxiety Middle Aged Crocus Carotenoids Affect Young Adult Double-Blind Method Cyclohexenes Humans Female Self Report Stress Psychological Aged Phytotherapy
Zdroj:	Complementary therapies in medicine. 33
ISSN:	1873-6963
Popis:	In recent years phytotherapy has been explored as a source for alternative treatments for mood disorders. One potential candidate is saffron (Crocus sativus L.), whose main bioactive components are crocins and safranal.The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of affronIn this 3 arm study, 128 participants self-reporting low mood but not diagnosed with depression, were given affronAnalysis indicated a significant decrease in negative mood and symptoms related to stress and anxiety at a 28mg/day dose (with a significant difference between 28mg/day and placebo on the POMS Total Mood Disturbance scale, p0.001, d=-1.10), but no treatment effect at the 22mg/day dose.The main weaknesses of this investigation were found in the self-reporting nature of both the screening and the testing.affron
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::610967492f66da2f3054cafb6ba0ee1d https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28735826 Zobrazit plný text záznamu Full Text from ScienceDirect