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The effect of acute administration of 400mg of Panax ginseng on cognitive performance and mood in healthy young volunteers.

@inproceedings{SnramLea2005TheEO,
  title={The effect of acute administration of 400mg of Panax ginseng on cognitive performance and mood in healthy young volunteers.},
  author={Sandra I. S{\"u}nram-Lea and Russell Birchall and Keith A Wesnes and Orlando Petrini},
  year={2005}
}
Recent evidence suggests that single dose administration of ginseng can improve certain aspects of cognitive performance and mood in healthy young volunteers in a dose and time dependent manner. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acute administration of 400 mg of a standardized Panax ginseng extract (G115 .,Pharmaton SA)on mood and cognitive performance. Following a double-blind, placebo controlled, balanced, cross-over design, thirty healthy young adult volunteers received… 
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