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5 pages match ‘phytoncides’.

1. Glossary

   Phytoncides · Aromatic compounds released by trees and other plants. Some Japanese studies suggest they may affect the body, but this is the lea …

2. Shinrin-Yoku

   Where it comes from · … forests with city settings, so treat the results as encouraging and not conclusive. Trees give off aromatic compounds called phytoncides , and some researchers think these play a part. The simpler explanation is also plausible: quiet, soft light, green vi …

3. What the research says about forest bathing

   Why it might work · … which lets the tired, directed attention we use at work recover. The air and the plants. Trees release aromatic compounds called phytoncides , and some Japanese studies suggest they may affect the body. This idea is the least well supported, and the amounts i …

4. What the forest-bathing research does and does not show

   The immune claim · … Their natural killer cell activity rose and their adrenaline fell. From this, the researchers suggested that tree aromas, called phytoncides , and lower stress hormones may both play a part. Treat this evidence with care, for several reasons. All the studies …

5. Reading paths

   … the best-known studies, what they were compared with, and how far each result can be pushed. The glossary dip in Terms such as phytoncides, biophilia and the sit spot.