Title: | "Effect of Coriander Plants on Human Emotions, Brain Electrophysiology, and Salivary Secretion" |
Author(s): | Zhang W; Li Z; Wang L; Liu H; Liu H; |
Address: | "Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Environmental Biology and Life Support Technology, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China. International Joint Research Center of Aerospace Biotechnology & Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2079-7737 (Print) 2079-7737 (Electronic) 2079-7737 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Coriander is a popular herb with versatile applications. However, the current research about coriander medicinal values have been mainly focusing on its extracts while lacking in the relationship between living coriander plants and emotion. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of coriander plants on human emotions and physiological activities. The results showed that the main Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of coriander plants were 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, d-limonene, eucalyptol, benzyl alcohol, Isophorone, dimethyl glutarate, alpha-terpineol, styrene, methyl methacrylate, alpha-pinene. Coriander plants could significantly reduce the angry sub-scores, alpha amylase and amino acids (arginine, proline, histidine, and taurine) concentrations in saliva. Theta (4-8 Hz) band activity of the cerebral cortex was significantly enhanced. Moreover, taurine significantly positively correlated with anger and negatively correlated with vigor. All the results signified that coriander plant could influence the activity of brain electrophysiological and salivary secretion through its VOCs to improve people's negative emotions" |
Keywords: | brain electrophysiology coriander plant emotion salivary secretion; |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEZhang, Wenzhu Li, Zhaoming Wang, Lingshan Liu, Hui Liu, Hong eng 82001996/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ 81871520/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ Switzerland 2021/12/25 Biology (Basel). 2021 Dec 6; 10(12):1283. doi: 10.3390/biology10121283" |