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Stress and Terpenes: What Published Research Has Examined
Stress-related searches bring many people to hemp. No hemp product is approved to address any condition, and this page is educational only. Here is what the research record actually contains.
What researchers have examined
The best-known line of research is on forest environments: Japanese studies of shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) measured physiological stress markers in people spending time in conifer forests, whose air contains pinene and related compounds. These studies examined whole environments, not hemp. Citrus fragrance rich in limonene was examined in a small hospital study in 1995. Linalool inhalation has been studied in rodents using stress-related behavioral and physiological measures.
What the research can’t tell you
A walk in a forest is not a product, and studies of environments cannot be credited to any single compound. None of this research involved hemp products, and no conclusion about hemp and human stress can be drawn from it. This site makes no such claim.
Sources
- Park BJ, et al. (2010). The physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing). Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 15(1):18–26. [doi]
- Komori T, et al. (1995). Effects of citrus fragrance on immune function and depressive states. Neuroimmunomodulation, 2(3):174–180. [doi]
- Harada H, et al. (2018). Linalool odor-induced anxiolytic effects in mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12:241. [doi]
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