Effects of inhalation of essential oils on EEG activity and sensory evaluation

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-42

  Masago, Ryoko ^a   Matsuda, Tamiko ^b   Kikuchi, Yoshiaki ^b   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^b   Iwanaga, Koichi ^b   Harada, Hajime ^b   Katsuura, Tetsuo ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

EEG; Essential oils; Odors; Sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

CHAMOMILE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL;

ADULT; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; ODOR; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; BRAIN; CHAMOMILE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUGENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMIACEAE; ODORS; OILS, VOLATILE; PERCEPTION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SMELL;

EID: 0033655819     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.19.35     Document Type: Article

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