Trial reportNutrients2023
Effects of Dietary Supplementation of a Microalgae Extract Containing Fucoxanthin Combined with Guarana on Cognitive Function and Gaming Performance.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of nutritional interventions on competitive performance and dose‒response relationships among esports players of different skill levels: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Nutritional supplements to improve esports player performance: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of six weeks of guanidinoacetic acid supplementation with and without creatine monohydrate on cognitive function and markers of health in healthy adults.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Trial
- Effects of creatine supplementation with and without exercise and diet intervention on body composition, cognitive function, and markers of health in middle-aged and older adults.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Trial
- Effects of Supplementation with Microalgae Extract fromNutrients · 2025Trial
- Effects of Supplementation with a Microalgae Extract fromNutrients · 2024Trial
- Acute and Repeated Ashwagandha Supplementation Improves Markers of Cognitive Function and Mood.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: effects of dietary antioxidants on exercise and sports performance.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Review
- The Algal Antioxidant Carotenoid Diatoxanthin as a Modulator of Inflammation and Angiogenesis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Algae and Algal Protein in Human Nutrition: A Narrative Review of Health Outcomes from Clinical Studies.Nutrients · 2026Review
- The effect of caffeine use in the relationship between gaming and sleep in adolescents: A mediation analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
- Microalgae and exercise: from molecular mechanisms and brain health to clinical perspectives in the context of 3P medicine.The EPMA journal · 2025Review
- Promising benefits of six-monthFrontiers in aging · 2025Article
- Biological and Nutritional Applications of Microalgae.Nutrients · 2024Review
- A Standardized Extract of MicroalgaeMarine drugs · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundEsports competitive gaming requires selective visual attention, memory, quick judgment, and an ability to sustain psychomotor performance over time. Fucoxanthin is a carotenoid, found in specific microalgae varieties such as MATERIALS AND
methodsIn a double-blind, placebo-controlled manner, 61 experienced gamers (21.7 ± 4.1 years, 73 ± 13 kg) were randomly assigned to ingest a placebo (PL), a low-dose (LD) supplement containing 440 mg of
resultsThere was some evidence that acute and 30-day ingestion of the
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