Estudo dos possíveis efeitos da associação da Ginkgo biloba e ômega-3 na cognição de idosas saudáveis
Several studies point to the beneficial effect of Ginkgo biloba and omega 3 on cognition in the elderly. The objective of this research was to verify whether the combined use of these substances enhances the cognitive functioning. The study was conceived as a double-blind, placebo-controlled, random...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/9574 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9574 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cognição Envelhecimento Ácidos graxos ômega-3 Ginkgo biloba Fatty acids omega 3 Aging Cognition |
| Sumario: | Several studies point to the beneficial effect of Ginkgo biloba and omega 3 on cognition in the elderly. The objective of this research was to verify whether the combined use of these substances enhances the cognitive functioning. The study was conceived as a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial. Altogether, 43 subjects between 60 and 70 years old, female, healthy, with more than 8 years of formal education, have ingested substances on a daily basis, for three months, according to the assigned treatment group: placebo+placebo (n=12), ginkgo+placebo (n=10), ômega3+placebo (n=11), ômega3+ginkgo (n=10), in the form of capsules that could contain 80 mg of ginkgo, 1 gram of fish oil (rich in omega 3) or placebo. Unlike other studies, we found no improvement in cognition of/in any of the four groups. The hypotheses suggested are: time of treatment or insufficient doses of substances. |
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