Effect of snack eating on salivary α-amylase, a novel stress marker

Stress and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-247

  Toda, Masahiro ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

amylase; Cortisol; Human saliva; Snack eating; Stress marker

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME RELEASE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL;

EID: 35348831182     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1143     Document Type: Article

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