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Improvement
in Immediate Memory After 16 Weeks of Tualang Honey (Agro Mas) Supplement in
Healthy Postmenopausal Women
The Journal of NA Menopause Society, 15 Sep 2011
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the verbal learning and memory
performance of postmenopausal women who received tualang honey (Agro Mas) in
comparison with women receiving estrogen plus progestin therapy and untreated
controls.
METHODS: A
total of 102 postmenopausal women were recruited and randomly assigned to three
groups: tualang honey (20 mg/d), estrogen plus progestin therapy (Femoston
1/5), and untreated control. Their verbal learning and memory performances were
assessed using the Malay version of the Auditory Verbal Learning Test before
and after 16 weeks of intervention. Data were analyzed using the
repeated-measures analysis of variance, and a P value of less than 0.05 was
considered significant.
RESULTS:
There were significant differences in the mean scores of total learning as well
as the mean scores of trials A1, A5, A6, and A7 between the three groups. There
were also significant differences in the overall mean scores of total learning
and trials A1 and A5 between both estrogen plus progestin therapy and tualang
honey groups when compared with the untreated control group. However, significant
differences in the mean score for trials A6 and A7 were only observed between
the estrogen plus progestin therapy and untreated control groups.
CONCLUSIONS:
Postmenopausal women who received tualang honey showed improvement in their
immediate memory but not in immediate memory after the interference and delayed
recall. This is comparable with the improvement seen in women receiving
estrogen plus progestin therapy.
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