## Rationale: Kava (piper methysticum) elicits dose-dependent psychotropic effects and thus may potentially deleteriously affect cognitive performance. clinical trials have assessed the effects of kava on cognition, however, to our knowledge no systematic review has been conducted in this area. ##
A re-evaluation of kava (Piper methysticum)
β Scribed by E. Ernst
- Book ID
- 108641878
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-5251
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