Compositions for enhancing brain activity
AssigneeNektium Pharma, S.L.
InventorsMiguel Jimenez del Rio, Julia C. Wiebe, Laura Lopez-Rios, Tanausu Vega-Morales, Ruben Perez-Machin, Alvaro Sanchez-Rodriguez, Carlos Mateos, Nigel Peter Gericke
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Abstract
A method for enhancing at least one of alertness, attention, concentration and memory in a person in need thereof, comprising administering a composition to said person, said composition comprising: a) an effective amount of an extract of Cyperus esculentus peel, Cyperus esculentus rhizomes, or a combination thereof; b) an effective amount of mangiferin, norathyriol, or an extract comprising mangiferin or norathyriol; or c) a synergistic combination of (a) and (b).
Claims18
A method for enhancing at least one of alertness, attention, concentration and memory in a person in need thereof, comprising administering a composition to said person, said composition comprising:
- (a) an effective amount of an extract of Cyperus esculentus peel, Cyperus esculentus rhizomes, or a combination thereof;
- and
- (b) an effective amount of mangiferin, norathyriol, or an extract comprising mangiferin or norathyriol;
- wherein (a) and (b) have an effect on brain wave activity.
A method for enhancing at least one of alertness, attention, concentration and memory in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject:
- (a) a composition comprising an effective amount of an extract of Cyperus esculentus peel, Cyperus esculentus rhizomes, or a combination thereof;
- and
- (b) a composition comprising an effective amount of mangiferin, norathyriol, or an extract comprising mangiferin or norathyriol;
- wherein composition (a) and composition (b) are administered in a ratio that increases gamma wave activity in the striatum and the frontal cortex of said subject, relative to administration of composition (a) or composition (b) individually;
- or decreasing alpha and beta-1 wave activity in the hippocampus of said subject, relative to administration of composition (a) or composition (b) individually.
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