Hongratanaworakit Tapanee
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Srinakharinwirot University, Rangsit-Ongkharak Road, Nakhonnayok 26120, Thailand.
Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Jan;5(1):157-62.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of aromatherapy massage with jasmine oil (Jasminum sambac L., Oleaceae) on humans. Human autonomic parameters, i.e. blood pressure, pulse rate, blood oxygen saturation, breathing rate, and skin temperature, were recorded as indicators of the arousal level of the autonomic nervous system. In addition, subjects had to rate their emotional condition in terms of relaxation, vigor, calmness, attentiveness, mood, and alertness in order to assess subjective behavioral arousal. Forty healthy volunteers participated in the experiments. Jasmine oil was applied topically to the skin of the abdomen of each subject. Compared with placebo, jasmine oil caused significant increases of breathing rate, blood oxygen saturation, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which indicated an increase of autonomic arousal. At the emotional level, subjects in the jasmine oil group rated themselves as more alert, more vigorous and less relaxed than subjects in the control group. This finding suggests an increase of subjective behavioral arousal. In conclusion, our results demonstrated the stimulating/activating effect of jasmine oil and provide evidence for its use in aromatherapy for the relief of depression and uplifting mood in humans.
本研究旨在探讨茉莉油（木犀科素馨属植物茉莉）香薰按摩对人体的影响。记录人体自主参数，即血压、脉搏率、血氧饱和度、呼吸频率和皮肤温度，作为自主神经系统唤醒水平的指标。此外，受试者必须根据放松程度、活力、平静度、注意力、情绪和警觉性对自己的情绪状况进行评分，以评估主观行为唤醒。40名健康志愿者参与了实验。将茉莉油局部涂抹于每位受试者的腹部皮肤。与安慰剂相比，茉莉油可显著提高呼吸频率、血氧饱和度以及收缩压和舒张压，这表明自主唤醒增加。在情绪层面，茉莉油组的受试者自我评价比对照组的受试者更警觉、更有活力且放松程度更低。这一发现表明主观行为唤醒增加。总之，我们的结果证明了茉莉油的刺激/激活作用，并为其在香薰疗法中用于缓解人类抑郁和改善情绪提供了证据。
