Sleep-improving effects of the aromatic compound heliotropin

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 254-260

  Yamagishi, Rieko ^a   Yokomaku, Atsushi ^a   Omoto, Fumitaka ^a   Misao, Kyoko ^a   Takada, Kohji ^a   Yoshimatsu, Shingo ^b   Abe, Akiko ^b   Hayashi, Mitsuo ^b  

^a LION CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aroma; Heliotropin; Insomnia; Polysomnography; Sleep improving effects

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; PIPERONAL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AROMA; AROMATHERAPY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DREAMING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSOMNIA; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP STAGE; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 77958499268     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2010.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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