Effect of sweet orange aroma on experimental anxiety in humans

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 798-804

  Goes, Tiago Costa ^a   Antunes, Fabrício Dias ^a   Alves, Péricles Barreto ^b   Teixeira Silva, Flavia ^a  

^a Universidade Federal de Sergipe   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ESSENTIAL OIL; TEA TREE OIL; WATER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROMA; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEET ORANGE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; AROMATHERAPY; CITRUS SINENSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865230945     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0551     Document Type: Article

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