Compositions for enhancing brain activity

Abstract

At least one of alertness, attention, focus and concentration may be enhanced in a person in need thereof, by a method including a step of administering a composition to the person, where the composition includes: a) between 20 mg and 5 g per dose of mangiferin, norathyriol, or an extract comprising mangiferin or norathyriol sufficient to provide between 20 mg and 5 g mangiferin or norathyriol per dose, wherein said extract comprising mangiferin or norathyriol is a mangiferin-containing extract of a plant species in a genus selected from the group consisting of Mangifera, Salacia, Cyclopia, Hypericum, Canscora, Fagraea, Gentiana, Hoppea, Swertia, Hypericum, Polygala, Zizyphus, and mixtures thereof; and b) caffeine.

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