Effect of Olfactory Stimulation with Flavor of Grapefruit Oil and Lemon Oil on the Activity of Sympathetic Branch in the White Adipose Tissue of the Epididymis

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 228, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1190-1192

  Niijima, Akira ^a,c   Nagai, Katsuya ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Aromatherapy; Flavor; Sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LEMON OIL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; GRAPEFRUIT; LIPOLYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WATER VAPOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS MEDICA; CITRUS X PARADISI;

EID: 0242609983     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020322801014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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