SynthesisApplied psychology. Health and well-being2022
Lavender aromatherapy: A systematic review from essential oil quality and administration methods to cognitive enhancing effects.
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- Lavender aromatherapy: A systematic review from essential oil quality and administration methods to cognitive enhancing effects.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2022Pooled it
- Aromatherapy with inhalation effectively alleviates the test anxiety of college students: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
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- Lavender Essential Oil-Induced Enhancement of Exercise-Responsive Myokine Expression and Alteration of Muscle-Related Gene Networks in an in Vitro Muscle Contraction Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Analysis of Event-related Potential Dynamics Reveals Lavender Aroma Modulates Cognitive Flexibility: An Electroencephalography Investigation Based on Task Switching Paradigms.Journal of medical signals and sensors · 2026Article
- Development and Characterization ofPharmaceutics · 2025Article
- Essential oil spraying enhances sperm kinetics and reduces aggressive behavior in boars.Tropical animal health and production · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of aromatherapy in pain relief postcardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Mechanistic Insights into the Bornyl Diphosphate Synthase fromCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
- Evaluating the Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Efficacy of Lavender Essential Oil and Linalool on Dual Candida albicans Biofilms With Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis From Canine External Otitis.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
- Construction of Simple Sequence Repeat-Based Genetic Linkage Map and Identification of QTLs for Accumulation of Floral Volatiles in Lavender (International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Towards a Greener Future: Sustainable Innovations in the Extraction of Lavender (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Structural and functional insights into NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductases in lavender: implications for abiotic stress tolerance and essential oil production.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Current Progress and Emerging Role of Essential Oils in Drug Delivery Therapeutics.Current drug delivery · 2025Review
- Nano Encapsulation of An Essential Oil Transpire the Therapeutic Approach.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2025Review
- Structural bioinformatics and gene expression analysis of maturase K fromFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Article
- A Pharmacotherapeutic Approaches for Managing Labour Pain Using Synthetic Drugs and Natural Therapies.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2024Review
- Lavender Essential Oil Inhalation Improves Attentional Shifting and Accuracy: Evidence from Dynamic Changes of Cognitive Flexibility and Power Spectral Density of Electroencephalogram Signals.Journal of medical signals and sensors · 2024Article
- Insights into the functional mechanisms of three terpene synthases fromFrontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Relaxing Effects of BreathingInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Modern society is reviving the practice of aromatherapy, and lavender is reported being the most worldwide purchased plant for essential oil (EO) extraction. Since recent studies reported cognitive enhancing effects of lavender besides the hypno-inducing effects, a literature review is needed. Considering EO quality and diffusion devices, we conducted a systematic review on the effects of lavender EO inhalation on arousal, attention and memory in healthy subjects. Starting from this new multidisciplinary perspective, cognitive effects were reviewed to link outcomes to effective and reproducible protocols. A systematic search on MEDLINE, ERIC, PsycInfo, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases using Cognitive Atlas and plant-related keywords was conducted. Among the 1,203 articles yielded, 11 met eligibility criteria. Subjects administered with lavender EO displayed arousal decrease and sustained attention increase. Controversial results emerged regarding memory. Lack of EO quality assessment and protocols heterogeneity did not allow assessing whether different EO composition differentially modulates cognition and whether placebo effect can be discerned from EO effect itself. However, GABAergic pathway modulation exerted by linalool, a major lavender EO constituent, might explain cognitive functions empowerment. We speculate aromatherapy could be a burgeoning cognition enhancing tool, although further investigation is required to reach robust conclusions.
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