Behavioral Determinants for the Ingestion of Food Phytochemicals

Johns, Timothy

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“…Menthol is extensively used in many products including perfumes, toothpaste, mouth fresheners, chewing gums, analgesic balms, cough drops, and candies. Menthol was found to possess mild antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects (Kamatou et al, 2013), used for the relief of cold symptoms such as nasal congestion and cough (Eccles, 1994), exhibit antispasmodic effects (Johns, 1997), to enhance the absorption of topical skin medications (Pattnaik et al, 1997), and have a moderate oral sensation of warmth and coldness (Balakrishnan, 2015). In the last few years, many scientific research has been carried out to study the effect of peppermint and its essential oil on the central nervous system (CNS).…”

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The effect of Mentha piperita L. on the mental health issues of university students: A pilot study

Abdelhalim

2021

J Pharm Pharmacogn Res

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Context: Stress, sleep disorders, and anxiety are common mental health problems affecting many university students. Peppermint, as a traditional herb, may be used as an alternative to stimulant drugs with less adverse effects to deal with mental health problems of the students. Aims: To evaluate the impact of oral Mentha piperita (peppermint) on self-reported memory performance, anxiety, stress, and the quality of sleep in science students at Taibah University. Methods: Eligible participating students were allocated either to the experimental group or the control group. The experimental group was asked to drink either an infusion of fresh aerial parts of peppermint once a day for four weeks, and the control group asked not to drink any peppermint or any other herbs during the study (no treatment). Anxiety, stress, memory performance, and sleep quality of the participating student were assessed by self-reported questionnaires before and after the peppermint treatment. Anxiety in the students was assessed by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, memory performance was evaluated using the Prospective and Retrospective Memory questionnaire and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess the sleep quality and patterns in students. Results: The scores of all the scales and subscales of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Prospective and Retrospective Memory, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were significantly decreased in the peppermint group in comparison with the control group after four weeks. Conclusions: Peppermint appears to significantly enhance memory, reduce anxiety and stress, and improve the sleep quality of university students.

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The effect of Mentha piperita L. on the mental health issues of university students: A pilot study

Abdelhalim

2021

J Pharm Pharmacogn Res

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The Chemical Ecology of Human Ingestive Behaviors

Johns

1999

Annu. Rev. Anthropol.

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▪ Abstract Ingested nutrients and nonnutrients are presented as determinants in human evolution. The amount and quality of energy, including fat, various foods supply are important criteria in governing selection. Oxidative stress associated with respiration of energy is a factor in the etiology of dietary diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer, and in aging. Evolutionary trends such as gains in brain and body sizes, greater ingestion of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol, heating of fatty food, and greater longevity increased oxidative stress while greater reliance on animals foods and less on plants decreased ingestion of exogenous antioxidants. The hypothesis that selection for nonnutrient ingestive behaviors was a compensatory mechanism for increasing antioxidants is presented within the context of a four-factor model on the origins of human medicine.

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Evolutionary biology of plant defenses against herbivory and their predictive implications for endocrine disruptor susceptibility in vertebrates.

Wynne‐Edwards

2001

Environ Health Perspect

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Hormone disruption is a major, underappreciated component of the plant chemical arsenal, and the historical coevolution between hormone-disrupting plants and herbivores will have both increased the susceptibility of carnivores and diversified the sensitivities of herbivores to man-made endocrine disruptors. Here I review diverse evidence of the influence of plant secondary compounds on vertebrate reproduction, including human reproduction. Three of the testable hypotheses about the evolutionary responses of vertebrate herbivores to hormone-disrupting challenges from their diet are developed. Specifically, the hypotheses are that a) vertebrate herbivores will express steroid hormone receptors in the buccal cavity and/or the vomeronasal organ; b) absolute sex steroid concentrations will be lower in carnivores than in herbivores; and c) herbivore steroid receptors should be more diverse in their binding affinities than carnivore lineages. The argument developed in this review, if empirically validated by support for the specific hypotheses, suggests that a) carnivores will be more susceptible than herbivores to endocrine-disrupting compounds of anthropogenic origin entering their bodies, and b) diverse herbivore lineages will be variably susceptible to any given natural or synthetic contaminant. As screening methods for hormone-disrupting potential are compared and adopted, comparative endocrine physiology research is urgently needed to develop models that predict the broad applicability of those screening results in diverse vertebrate species.

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Behavioral Determinants for the Ingestion of Food Phytochemicals

Cited by 3 publications

References 56 publications

The effect of Mentha piperita L. on the mental health issues of university students: A pilot study

The effect of Mentha piperita L. on the mental health issues of university students: A pilot study

The Chemical Ecology of Human Ingestive Behaviors

Evolutionary biology of plant defenses against herbivory and their predictive implications for endocrine disruptor susceptibility in vertebrates.

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