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Researchers from the Land of the Rising Sun have found that trigonelline contained in coffee helps to improve cognitive abilities. The required dose is 5 mg of the substance per kilogramme of weight per day.
It was also found that this substance has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, helps to improve the formation of ATP, reduce the level of anti-inflammatory cytokines and improve the functioning of mitochondria.
Experts for a month gave rodents trigonellin, after which they let them into the Morris water maze, where they showed a significant improvement in the ability to memorise.