Carotenoids but not flavonoids are associated with improvements in spatial working memory in younger adults in a flavonoid-rich v. -poor fruit and vegetable intervention study

MacReady, Anna, Butler, Laurie, Kennedy, Orla, George, Trevor, Chong, Mary Foong-Fong and Lovegrove, Julie (2011) Carotenoids but not flavonoids are associated with improvements in spatial working memory in younger adults in a flavonoid-rich v. -poor fruit and vegetable intervention study. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 70 (OCE4). E133. ISSN 0029-6651

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Abstract

Findings from animal studies suggest that components of fruit and vegetables (F&V) may protect against, and even reverse, age-related decline in aspects of cognitive functioning such as spatial working memory (SWM). Human subjects in vivo and in vitro studies indicate that anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and cell-signalling properties of flavonoids and carotenoids, non-nutrient components of F&V, may underpin this protective effect. The Flavonoid University of Reading Study (FLAVURS), designed to explore the dose-response relationship between dietary F&V flavonoids and CVD, enabled the investigation of such an association with SWM.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	B400 Nutrition D600 Food and Beverage studies
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	Paul Burns
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2014 10:05
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 18:26
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/17980

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