A forest bathing trip increases human natural killer activity and expression of anti-cancer proteins in female subjects

Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-55

  Li, Qing ^d   Morimoto, K ^a   Kobayashi, M ^d   Inagaki, H ^d   Katsumata, M ^d   Hirata, Y ^d   Hirata, K ^d   Shimizu, T ^d   Li, Y J ^d   Wakayama, Y ^d   Kawada, T ^d   Ohira, T ^b   Takayama, N ^b   Kagawa, T ^b   Miyazaki, Y ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cancer proteins; Female subjects; Forest bathing; Granulysin; Granzyme; NK activity; Perforin

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; ADRENALIN; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; GRANULYSIN; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; ISOPRENE; LIMONENE; NORADRENALIN; PARA CYMENE; PERFORIN; PINENE; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOREST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; T LYMPHOCYTE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AFFECT; BATHS; EPINEPHRINE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE STYLE; NATURE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROGESTERONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42549159095     PISSN: 0393974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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