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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019

Anxiolytic-Like Effects of Bergamot Essential Oil Are Insensitive to Flumazenil in Rats.

Laura Rombolà, Damiana Scuteri, Annagrazia Adornetto, Marilisa Straface, Tsukasa Sakurada, Shinobu Sakurada, Hirokazu Mizoguchi, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti, Giacinto Bagetta, Paolo Tonin and 1 more

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Neural Circuit For Bergamot Essential Oil-Induced Anxiolytic Effects.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  19. GABAFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021
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  20. Aromatherapy in Stroke Patients: Is it Time to Begin?Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Laura RombolàDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1727-3158
Damiana ScuteriDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5846-7058
Annagrazia AdornettoDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Marilisa StrafaceDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.
Tsukasa SakuradaFirst Department of Pharmacology, Daiichi College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 815-8511 Fukuoka, Japan.
Shinobu SakuradaDepartment of Physiology and Anatomy, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 981-8558 Sendai, Japan.
Hirokazu MizoguchiDepartment of Physiology and Anatomy, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 981-8558 Sendai, Japan.
Maria Tiziana CorasanitiDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Giacinto BagettaDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8540-6218
Paolo ToninRegional Center for Serious Brain Injuries, S. Anna Institute, Crotone, Italy.
Luigi Antonio MorroneDepartment of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, Section of Preclinical and Translational Pharmacology, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy.
University of Calabria · ITTohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University · JPDaiichi University of Pharmacy · JPIstituto S.Anna Crotone · ITMagna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental disorders, and benzodiazepines (BDZs), acting on gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA-A) receptor complex, represent the most common antianxiety medications in the world. However, chronic BDZ use elicits several adverse reactions. Reportedly, aromatherapy is safer for the management of anxiety. Bergamot essential oil (BEO) extracted from

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