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Anti-stress Effect of Theanine on Students During Long-term Pharmacy Practices

NCT01361204 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2013-07-16

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Summary

Long-term practices in a hospital setting and community pharmacy might induce chronic stress in students. Alterations of salivary amylase activity will be measured in students during pharmacy practices as a marker of stress. Theanine is reported to have anti-stress effect on experimental animals under chronic stress and on humans under short-term stress. The purpose of this study is to measure stress symptoms in students during long-term pharmacy practices and to evaluate the efficacy of theanine in suppressing chronic stress, by measuring the salivary amylase activity.

Conditions

  • Healthy Students

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Theanine

Taking 4 tablets of theanine two times daily for 16 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Shizuoka

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Unno, Keiko · University of Shizuoka

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Months
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • Japan

Study Locations

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