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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2012.22.8.1077

Effects of Origanum Majorana Essential Oil Aroma on the Electroencephalograms of Female Young Adults with Sleep Disorders  

Jung, Han-Na (Department of Smart Foods and Drugs, Inje University)
Choi, Hyun-Ju (Department of Biomedical, Laboratory Science and Elderly Life Redesign Institute, Inje University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.22, no.8, 2012 , pp. 1077-1084 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of Origanum majorana essential aroma therapy on electrical activity in the brain as evaluated by an electroencephalogram (EEG). The subjects were 29 healthy female young adults, and their sleep quality was assessed by using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. EEG electrodes were attached at the frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes according to the international 10-20 system. Subjects were exposed to organic Origanum majorana essential aroma (50 ${\mu}l$) for a period of 3 minutes each before, during, and after aromatherapy. Subjects with good sleep quality showed that Origanum majorana essential aroma increased the theta power at the frontal and temporal lobes of both cerebral hemispheres, the left parietal lobe, and the right occipital lobe. Furthermore, Origanum majorana essential aroma decreased the alpha power at the left occipital lobe and the beta power at the right temporal lobe. On the other hand, subjects with poor sleep quality showed an increase in the theta power at the temporal lobe of both cerebral hemispheres and a decrease in the alpha power at the left parietal lobe by Origanum majorana essential aroma therapy. It is concluded that Origanum majorana essential aroma therapy diminishes the state of wakefulness in the brain; alpha and beta powers were both decreased in the subjects with good sleep quality, but only alpha power was decreased in the subjects with poor sleep quality. Moreover, Origanum majorana essential aroma therapy has a sleep-inducing effect in both subjects with good sleep quality and poor sleep quality.
Keywords
Electroencephalogram (EEG); Origanum majorana; sleep quality; female adults; aroma therapy;
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