@article{563cd62e6370402cbb9100feb464ea7d,
title = "A Pilot Study of the Acute Ingestion of No. 1 Rosemary Water: Evidence of Cognitive, Physiological and Subjective Effects in Healthy Adults",
abstract = "This study investigated the potential impact of the acute ingestion of No. 1Rosemary water—a commercially available carbonated water containing anextract of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis ). Twenty healthy adults wererandomly allocated to consume either 330 ml of No. 1 Rosemary water orplain carbonated water. They then completed a series of subjective measuresand cognitive tasks including a fifteen-minute session on a stress inducingmulti-tasking framework, followed by a second completion of the subjectivemeasures. Heart rate and blood pressure were monitored throughout the procedure.Given the pilot nature of the study, analysis of the data eschewed significancetesting for the calculation of Cohen{\textquoteright}s d measure of effect sizes. Theserevealed a number of small enhancement effects on cognition, consistent withthose found previously for the inhalation of the aroma of Rosemary essentialoil, and oral administration of dried herb. Of particular interest here are thereduced subjective evaluations of stress, and the blunted physiological reactivitynoted for heart rate and blood pressure, which represent novel findings inthis area. Taken together the data suggest further investigation of this productis warranted with regard to its potential beneficial properties.",
keywords = "rosemary, memory",
author = "Mark Moss and Mhairi McMullon and Heather McDonald",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
day = "26",
doi = "10.4236/aces.2018.83013",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "190--203",
journal = "Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science",
issn = "2160-0392",
publisher = "Scientific Research",
}