Bum-Jin Park 
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Takeshi Morikawa,
Tomohiro Ogata,
Kenji Washida,
Mario Iwamoto,
Hirohiko Nakamura,
Yoshifumi Miyazaki
Physiological effects of ingesting eucalyptus essential oil with milk casein peptide
Park B.-J., Morikawa T., Ogata T., Washida K., Iwamoto M., Nakamura H., Miyazaki Y. (2009). Physiological effects of ingesting eucalyptus essential oil with milk casein peptide. Silva Fennica vol. 43 no. 1 article id 223. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.223
Abstract
This study was conducted to clarify the effect of eucalyptus essential oil mixed with milk casein peptide food for human physiological relaxation. Fifteen male university students (21.2 ± 0.9 yr) participated in study as subjects. The subjects were given one of two types of experimental drink (peptide + eucalyptus flavor (Pep + EF), and peptide + grapefruit·orange flavor (Pep + G·O), each flavor contains natural essential oil). We measured the change in salivary cortisol concentration and POMS scores before and two hours after taking experimental drink. The results of a Type A behavior pattern test were used to classify subjects. The concentration of salivary cortisol decreased significantly two hours after taking Pep + EF. And Type B showed bigger change than Type A. In conclusion, the results show that eucalyptus essential oil has the effect of relaxation, and that the effects on Type A and Type B are different.
Keywords
relaxation;
eucalyptus essential oil;
POMS;
salivary cortisol;
type A behavior pattern
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Park,
Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, 277-0882 Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
E-mail
bjpark@faculty.chiba-u.jp
- Morikawa, Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, 277-0882 Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan E-mail tm@nn.jp
- Ogata, Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, 277-0882 Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan E-mail to@nn.jp
- Washida, Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, 277-0882 Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan E-mail kw@nn.jp
- Iwamoto, Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, 277-0882 Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan E-mail mi@nn.jp
- Nakamura, Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, 277-0882 Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan E-mail hn@nn.jp
- Miyazaki, Chiba University, Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, 277-0882 Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan E-mail ym@nn.jp
Received 8 May 2008 Accepted 30 January 2009 Published 31 December 2009
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