Reduction of mental stress with lavender odorant.
The effect of the lavender odorant on a Japanese version of Cox and Mackay's stress/arousal adjective checklist for three groups was studied. One group of 14 was placed into a (2 x 2- x 3 m) sound protected room for 20 min without the presentation of an odor, an analogous group of 15 received the odor oil, and one group of 13 received a nonstressful condition. Analysis suggested that lavender odorants were associated with reduced mental stress and increased arousal rate.
Motomura
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Department of Health Science, Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara City, Japan. motomura@cc.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp
Sakurai
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Yotsuya
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D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D019341:Aromatherapy; D001143:Arousal; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D027523:Lavandula; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*