Stress-reducing Activity of Various Food Ingredients

• HASHIZUME Shuichi

  Research Institute, Morinaga & Co., Ltd.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 食品素材のストレス改善効果
• (The 29th Symposium on Life Information Science)
• (第29回生命情報科学シンポジウム)

Abstract

Chromogranin A (CgA) levels and the pupil stress value (which was obtained by measuring the reaction of the eye pupil towards a flash of light) were employed as sensitive and substantial indices of psychosomatic stress to determine stress reduction activity of various food ingredients. In the first experiment, a starch paste with a low stress-reducing activity was simultaneously taken with various food ingredients to get easier intake of the object ingredients. CgA levels showed a significant difference (P<0.05) for a cayenne additive compared with that for control water. The pupil stress value showed a significant difference (P<0.05) for theobromine-rich cacao extract, powdered tea and cardamom (a curry spice) additives. Furthermore, both indices showed a significant difference between water and a soft candy separately supplemented with cardamom, cayenne and grape seed polyphenol.

Journal

• Journal of International Society of Life Information Science

  Journal of International Society of Life Information Science 28 (1), 148-152, 2010-03-01

  International Society of Life Information Science

Keywords

• chromogranin A
• pupil reaction
• psychosomatic stress
• stress-reducing food ingredients

Details

• CRID: 1390001288137896960
• NII Article ID: 110007612619
• DOI: 10.18936/islis.28.1_148
• ISSN: 24240761
• ISSN: 13419226
• Text Lang: en
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  • CiNii Articles
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