Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society
Table 1 Overview of research on wooden material therapy
Year | Authors | Sense | Physiological indices | Summary | Stimulation/control (stimulation time) | Participants | Article type | Ref Nos. | ||
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2016 | Ikei et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) Decrease in heart rate *Comparison with control | α-Pinene/air | (90 s) | Female univ. students n = 13 | Short communication | [46] | |
2016 | Song et al. | Olfaction | Immune activity (Ref No. [37]) | Increase in natural killer cell activity †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cypress wood oil | (3 nights) | Adult male n = 12 | Review | [5] | |
Brain activity (Ref No. [54]) | Decrease in oxy-Hb concentration in the right prefrontal cortex *Comparison with control | Japanese cypress leaf oil/air | (90 s) | Female univ. students n = 13 | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [54]) | Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity *Comparison with control | |||||||||
Brain activity (Ref No. [38]) | Calming effect on the prefrontal cortex activity †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cedar chips | (90 s) | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [38]) | Decrease in systolic blood pressure †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [39]) | Performed arithmetic tasks Salivary chromogranin A Increase: cedar wall panels No change: no cedar wall panels †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cedar interior wall panels/no Japanese cedar interior wall panels | (45 min) | Male univ. students n = 16 | ||||||
Brain activity (Ref No. [55]) | After performance of a sustained task on a VDT Decrease in alpha band power Increase in theta band power *Comparison with control | Siberian fir leaf oil/air | (40 min) | Male univ. students n = 9 | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [55]) | After performance of a sustained task on a VDT Decrease in pulse rate *Comparison with control | |||||||||
Brain activity (Ref No. [41]) | Increase in the amplitude of the early and late CNV components *Comparison with control | Hiba oil/air | (30 min) | Females of twenties n = 16 | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [38]) | Decrease in systolic blood pressure †Comparison with pre-stimulation | α-Pinene and limonene | (90 s) | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [45]) | Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) Decrease in heart rate *Comparison with control | d-Limonene/air | – | – | ||||||
Brain activity (Ref No. [44]) | Calming effect on the left and right prefrontal cortices *Comparison with control | Japanese cypress chips made by air drying/Japanese cypress chips made by high-temperature drying | – | Female univ. students n = 19 | ||||||
Vision | Plus rate increase: 45% wood; decrease: 30% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 30% †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (30 and 45% wood) | (90 s) | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [61]) | Systolic blood pressure Evaluated the Japanese wall panels “like” group: decrease “dislike” group: no change Evaluated the white steel wall panels “Dislike” group: increase †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Full-sized Japanese cypress wall panels/white steel wall panels | (90 s) | Male univ. students n = 14 | ||||||
Taction | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [74]) | Systolic blood pressure and pulse rate Small fluctuation: Japanese cypress and cedar Large fluctuation: stainless steel | Japanese cypress, Japanese cedar, and stainless steel board | – | – | |||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [75]) | Systolic blood pressure Increase: aluminum, acrylic plastic, and cold acrylic plastic board No change: worm aluminum, cedar, cypress, and oak board Decrease: cold oak board †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cypress, Japanese cedar, oak, acrylic plastic, and aluminum (cooling, room temperature, and warming) | – | – | ||||||
2015 | Ikei et al. | Olfaction | Brain activity | Decrease in oxy-Hb concentration in the right and left prefrontal cortex (measured using TRS) *Comparison with control | Japanese cypress chips made by air drying/high-temperature drying | (90 s) | Female univ. students n = 19 | Short communication | [44] | |
2015 | Ikei et al. | Olfaction | Brain activity | Decrease in oxy-Hb concentration in the right prefrontal cortex (measured using TRS) *Comparison with control | Japanese cypress leaf oil/air | (90 s) | Female univ. students n = 13 | Original article | [54] | |
Autonomic nervous activity | Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) *Comparison with control | |||||||||
2015 | Miyazaki et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [38]) | Decrease in systolic blood pressure †Comparison with pre-stimulation | α-Pinene and limonene | (90 s) | – | Review (in Japanese with English abstract) | [60] | |
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [45]) | Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) Decrease in heart rate *Comparison with control | d-Limonene/air | – | – | ||||||
Vision | Plus rate increase: 45% wood; decrease: 30% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 30% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (30 and 45% wood) | – | – | ||||||
Taction | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [74]) | Systolic blood pressure and pulse rate Small fluctuation: Japanese cypress and cedar Large fluctuation: stainless steel | Japanese cypress, Japanese cedar, and stainless steel board | |||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [75]) | Blood pressure Increase: warmed aluminum No change: cold cypress, cedar, and oak †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cold oak, Japanese cedar, Japanese cypress, and warmed aluminum | – | – | ||||||
2015 | Burnard and Kutnar | Vision | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [62]) | Decrease in pulse rate *Comparison with designed wooden room | Standard wooden room/designed wooden room | (90 s) | – | Review | [34] | |
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [61]) | Systolic blood pressure Evaluated the Japanese wall panels “Like” group: decrease “Dislike” group: no change Evaluated the white steel wall panels “Dislike” group: increase †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Full-sized Japanese cypress wall panels/white steel wall panels | (90 s) | – | ||||||
Brain activity (Ref No. [64]) | Total-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) Increase: 0 and 90% wood No change: 45% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (0, 45, and 90% wood) | (90 s) | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [64]) | Plus rate Increase: 45% wood No change: 0 and 90% wood Systolic blood pressure Decrease: 90% wood No change: 0 and 45% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 0, 45, and 90% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
2014 | Joung et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) Decrease in heart rate *Comparison with control | d-Limonene/air | (90 s) | Female univ. students n = 13 | Original article | [45] | |
2014 | Matsubara and Kawai | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Performed arithmetic tasks (U-K test) Salivary chromogranin A Increase: cedar wall panels No change: no cedar wall panels †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cedar interior wall panels/no Japanese cedar interior wall panels | (45 min) | Male univ. students n = 16 | Original article | [39] | |
2012 | Hori et al. | Inhalation (lower airway) | Brain activity | Increase in rCBF in the right and left hippocampus (measured using SPET) †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cedrol | (10 min) | Totally laryngectomized male participants n = 11 | Short communication | [53] | |
2012 | Tsunetsugu et al. | Vision | Plus rate Increase: 45% wood; decrease: 30% wood Systolic blood pressure Decrease: 90% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 30 and 90% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (30, 45, and 90% wood) | – | – | Book | [38] | ||
Olfaction | Brain activity | Decrease in Total-Hb concentration in the right and left prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cedar chips | (90 s) | – | |||||
Autonomic nervous activity | Decrease in systolic blood pressure †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
Brain activity (Ref No. [41]) | Increase in the amplitude of the early and late CNV components *Comparison with control | Hiba oil/air | – | – | ||||||
Brain activity | Oxy-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) Increase: “strong” smell of α-pinene Decrease: “slight” smell of α-Pinene †Comparison with pre-stimulation | α-Pinene (“slight” and “strong” smell) | (90 s) | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity | Plus rate Increase: “strong” smell of α-pinene Systolic blood pressure Decrease: “slight” smell of α-pinene †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
Autonomic nervous activity | Decrease in systolic blood pressure †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Limonene | (90 s) | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No.[ 49]) | Decrease in heart rate Decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure Inhibition of sympathetic nervous activity Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity *Comparison with control | Cedrol/air | – | – | ||||||
Inhalation (lower airway) | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [52]) | Decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure Inhibition of sympathetic nervous activity Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cedrol | – | – | |||||
2011 | Miyazaki et al. | Vision | Decrease in pulse rate Decrease in diastolic blood pressure †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (30% wood) | – | – | Review (in Japanese with English abstract) | [66] | ||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [61]) | Systolic blood pressure Evaluated the Japanese wall panels “Like” group: decrease “Dislike” group: no change †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Full-sized Japanese cypress wall panels/white steel wall panels | – | – | ||||||
2011 | Matsubara et al. | Olfaction | Brain activity | After performance of a sustained task on a VDT Decrease in alpha band power Increase in theta band power *Comparison with control | Siberian fir leaf oil/air | (40 min) | Male univ. students n = 9 | Original article | [55] | |
Autonomic nervous activity | After performance of a sustained task on a VDT Decrease in pulse rate *Comparison with control | |||||||||
2011 | Matsubara et al. | Olfaction | Brain activity | After performance of a sustained task on a VDT Increase in theta band power:low and high conc. *Comparison with control | (-)-Bornyl acetate (low and high concentrations)/air | (40 min) | Male univ. students n = 9 | Original article | [56] | |
Autonomic nervous activity | During performance of a sustained task on a VDT Decrease in heart rate: high conc. *Comparison with control After performance of a sustained task on a VDT Decrease in heart rate: low and high conc. Inhibition of sympathetic nervous activity: low and high conc. †Comparison with task period 30 min | |||||||||
2011 | Matsubara et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | During performance of a sustained task on a VDT Increase in heart rate: low and high conc. *Comparison with control | Bay tree leaf oil (low and high concentrations)/air | (45 min) | Male univ. students n = 9 | Original article | [57] | |
Other indices | During performance of a sustained task on a VDT Increase in rate of true hits: low conc. *Comparison with control | |||||||||
2011 | Kimura et al. | Vision and olfaction (complex) | Autonomic nervous activity | Decrease in salivary amylase activity: wooden room (coverage 20.6%) *Comparison with control Decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure: wooden rooms (20.6, 42.8, and 68.0%) †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual-size model Hiba wooden rooms (coverage 20.6, 42.8, and 68.0%)/no Hiba wood room (0.0%) | (180 s) | Univ. students n = 14 (male n = 7, female n = 7) | Original article (in Japanese with English abstract) | [65] | |
2010 | Tsunetsugu et al. | Olfaction | Brain activity | Decrease in oxy-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) Decrease in total-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese mountain cherry wood chips | (2 min) | Males of twenties n = 20 | Original article (in Japanese with English abstract) | [42] | |
Autonomic nervous activity | Decrease in pulse rate Decrease in salivary amylase activity †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
2010 | Tsunetsugu et al. | Vision | Plus rate Increase: 45% wood; decrease: 30% wood Systolic blood pressure Decrease: 90% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 30 and 90% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (30, 45, and 90% wood) | – | – | Review | [35] | ||
Olfaction | Brain activity (Ref No. [41]) | Increase in the amplitude of the early and late CNV components *Comparison with control | Hiba oil/air | – | – | |||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [21]) | Decrease in systolic blood pressure †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Taiwan cypress wood oil | – | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [49]) | Decrease in heart rate Decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure Inhibition of sympathetic nervous activity Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity *Comparison with control | Cedrol/air | – | – | ||||||
Inhalation | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [52]) | Decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure Inhibition of sympathetic nervous activity Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cedrol | – | – | |||||
Taction | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [75]) | Blood pressure increase: warmed aluminum No change: cold oak †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cold oak and warmed aluminum | – | – | |||||
2010 | Nyrud and Bringslimark | Taction | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [75]) | Systolic blood pressure Increase: aluminum, acrylic plastic, and cold acrylic plastic board No change: cedar, cypress, and oak board Decrease: cold oak board †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cypress, Japanese cedar, oak, acrylic plastic, and aluminum (cool, room temperature, and warm) | – | – | Review | [68] | |
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [74]) | Systolic blood pressure and pulse rate Small fluctuation: Japanese cypress and cedar Large fluctuation: stainless steel and denim | Japanese cypress, Japanese cedar, stainless steel board, and denim | – | – | ||||||
Vision | Brain activity (Ref No. [64]) | Total-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) Increase: 0 and 90% wood No change: 45% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (0, 45, and 90% wood) | – | – | |||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [64]) | Plus rate Increase: 45% wood No change: 0 and 90% wood Systolic blood pressure Decrease: 90% wood No change: 0 and 45% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 0, 45, and 90% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [61]) | Systolic blood pressure Evaluated the Japanese wall panels “Like” group: decrease “Dislike” group: no change Evaluated the white steel wall panels “Dislike” group: increase †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Full-sized Japanese cypress wall panels/white steel wall panels | – | – | ||||||
Brain activity (Ref No. [63]) | Total-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) Increase: standard and designed room †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Standard and designed wooden room | – | – | ||||||
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [63]) | Pulse rate Decrease: standard room Increase: designed room Diastolic blood pressure No change: designed room Decrease: Standard room †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
2009 | Li et al. | Olfaction | Immune activity | Increase in natural killer cell activity †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cypress wood oil | (3 nights) | Adult male n = 12 | Original article | [37] | |
Endocrine activity | Decrease in adrenaline concentration in urine Decrease in noradrenaline concentration in urine †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
2008 | Sakuragawa et al. | Taction | Autonomic nervous activity | Systolic blood pressure Increase: aluminum, acrylic plastic, and cold acrylic plastic board No change: cedar, cypress, and oak board Decrease: cold oak board †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Japanese cypress, Japanese cedar, oak, acrylic plastic, and aluminum (cool, room temperature, and warm) | (60 s) | Male univ. students n = 13 | Original article | [75] | |
2008 | Umeno et al. | Inhalation | Autonomic nervous activity | Decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure Inhibition of sympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity (measured using SBPV and DBPV) †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cedrol | (10 min) | Totally laryngectomized male participants n = 11 | Original article | [52] | |
2007 | Sadachi et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Increase in miosis rate †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cedrol | (60 s) | American females n = 142 | Original article | [51] | |
2007 | Yada et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Increase in miosis rate †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Cedrol | (60 s) | Females n = 178 (Japanese n = 64, Thai n = 57, Norwegian n = 57) | Original article | [50] | |
2007 | Tsunetsugu et al. | Vision | Brain activity | Total-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) Increase: 0 and 90% wood No change: 45% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (0, 45, and 90% wood) | (90 s) | Male univ. students n = 15 | Original article | [64] | |
Autonomic nervous activity | Plus rate Increase: 45% wood No change: 0 and 90% wood Systolic blood pressure Decrease: 90% wood No change: 0 and 45% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 0, 45, and 90% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
2007 | Tsunetsugu et al. | Vision | Plus rate Increase: 45% wood; decrease: 30% wood Systolic blood pressure Decrease: 90% wood Diastolic blood pressure Decrease: 30 and 90% wood †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Actual rooms (13 m2) (30, 45, and 90% wood) | (90 s) | – | Review (in Japanese) | [67] | ||
Audition | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [71]) | Systolic blood pressure Increase: 50, 100 and 150 cm Peripheral blood flow Decrease: 50, 100 and 150 cm †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Single heavy floor impact sound (falling of an automobile tire from 50, 100, and 150 cm above upstairs floor) | – | – | |||||
2005 | Sakuragawa et al. | Vision | Autonomic nervous activity | Systolic blood pressure Evaluated the Japanese wall panels “Like” group (n = 5): decrease “Dislike” group (n = 5): no change Evaluated the white steel wall panels “Dislike” group (n = 9): increase †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Full-sized Japanese cypress wall panels/white steel wall panels | (90 s) | Male univ. students n = 14 | Original article | [61] | |
2005 | Tsunetsugu et al. | Vision | Brain activity | Total-Hb concentration in the prefrontal cortex (measured using NIRS) Increase: standard and designed room †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Standard and designed wooden room | (90 s) | Male univ. students n = 15 | Original article | [63] | |
Autonomic nervous activity | Pulse rate Decrease: standard room Increase: designed room Diastolic blood pressure No change: designed room Decrease: standard room †Comparison with pre-stimulation | |||||||||
2004 | Sueyoshi et al. | Audition | Autonomic nervous activity | Systolic blood pressure Increase: 60 and 80 dBA †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Light floor impact sounds by tapping machine (60 and 80 dBA)/absence of impact sound (47 dBA) | (5 min) | Males of twenties n = 9 | Original article | [70] | |
2004 | Sueyoshi et al. | Audition | Autonomic nervous activity | Systolic blood pressure Increase: 50, 100, and 150 cm Peripheral blood flow Decrease: 50, 100, and 150 cm †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Single heavy floor impact sounds by falling of the automobile tire (from 50, 100, and 150 cm above upstairs floor) | (60 s) | Males in 20s n = 10 | Original article | [71] | |
2004 | Sueyoshi | Audition | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [71]) | Systolic blood pressure Increase: 50, 100 and 150 cm Peripheral blood flow Decrease: 50, 100 and 150 cm †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Single heavy floor impact sounds from a falling automobile tire (from 50, 100, and 150 cm above the upstairs floor) | – | – | Review (in Japanese with English abstract) | [73] | |
Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [70]) | Systolic blood pressure Increase: 60 and 80 dBA †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Light floor impact sounds by tapping machine (60 and 80 dBA)/absence of impact sound (47 dBA) | – | – | ||||||
2003 | Dayawansa et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Decrease in heart rate Decrease in systolic and diastolic blood pressure Inhibition of sympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) Enhancement of parasympathetic nervous activity (measured using HRV) *Comparison with control | Cedrol/air | (10 min) | Adults n = 26 (male n = 10, female n = 16) | Original article | [49] | |
2002 | Tsunetsugu et al. | Vision | Autonomic nervous activity | Decrease in pulse rate *Comparison with designed wooden room | Standard wooden room/designed wooden room | (90 s) | Male univ. students n = 10 | Original article | [62] | |
2002 | Hiruma et al. | Olfaction | Brain activity | Increase in the amplitude of the early and late CNV components *Comparison with control | Hiba oil/air | (30 min) | Females of twenties n = 16 | Original article | [41] | |
1998 | Morikawa et al. | Taction | Autonomic nervous activity | Systolic blood pressure and pulse rate Small fluctuation: Japanese cypress and cedar Large fluctuation: stainless steel and denim | Japanese cypress, Japanese cedar, stainless steel board, and denim | (60 s) | Female univ. students n = 19 | Short communication | [74] | |
1998 | Miyazaki et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [21]) | Systolic blood pressure Decrease: Taiwan cypress wood oil Pulse rate Increase: eugenol †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Taiwan cypress wood oil and eugenol | – | – | Review (in Japanese) | [59] | |
1996 | Terauchi et al. | Olfaction | Brain activity | Early CNV amplitudes at Fz Decrease: 7 kinds of coniferous wood flour Alpha/beta wave ratio of EEG at Cz Increase: Hiba wood flour *Comparison with control | Seven kinds of coniferous wood flour/air | – | Univ. and grad. students n = 10 (male n = 5, female n = 5) | Original article (in Japanese with English abstract) | [40] | |
1995 | Sueyoshi and Miyazaki | Audition | Brain activity | Alpha waves of EEG Decrease: 74 and 78 dBA Theta waves of EEG Decrease: 63 dBA *Comparison with control | Light floor impact sounds by tapping machine (54, 63, 73, and 78 dBA)/absence of impact sound (47 dBA) | (90 s) | Female n = 14 | Original article | [69] | |
Other indices | Operation efficiency test (letter cancellation test) Increase mistake: 65 dBA *Comparison with control | |||||||||
1995 | Fukuda and Kaneko | Olfaction | Brain activity | Incidence of alpha waves of EEG Increase: Japanese umbrella-pine, Japanese white pine, and Japanese zelkova †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Wood specimen of 15 species of major trees in Japan | (2 min) | Univ. students n = 50 (male n = 25, female n = 25) | Original article (in Japanese) | [43] | |
1994 | Miyazaki et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Diastolic blood pressure decrease: “strong” smell of Taiwan cypress wood oil The maximum constriction acceleration Increase: “strong” smell of Taiwan cypress wood oil *Comparison the control | Taiwan cypress wood oil (“weak”, “easily”, and “strong” smell)/air | – | Female univ. students n = 6 | Original article (in Japanese with English abstract) | [36] | |
1993 | Miyazaki et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity (Ref No. [21]) | Systolic blood pressure Decrease: Taiwan cypress wood oil Pulse rate Increase: eugenol †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Taiwan cypress wood oil and eugenol | – | – | Review (in Japanese) | [58] | |
1992 | Miyazaki et al. | Olfaction | Autonomic nervous activity | Systolic blood pressure Decrease: Taiwan cypress wood oil Pulse rate Increase: eugenol †Comparison with pre-stimulation | Taiwan cypress wood oil and eugenol | (30 min) | Male univ. students n = 6 | Original article (in Japanese with English abstract) | [21] | |