Pleasant feeling from watching a comical video enhances free radical-scavenging capacity in human whole saliva Export

@article{citeulike:6083530, abstract = {Free radicals have been implicated in aging, mutagenesis, inflammation and other pathological conditions. We conducted a study to clarify the relation between a pleasant feeling as a psychological eustress and free radical-scavenging capacity (FRSC) in saliva. Saliva was collected from 27 healthy volunteers. FRSC before, during and after watching a cheerful comical video for 30 min was measured by using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The median values of FRSC (μmol/ml) before, at 10 and 20 min during and after watching the video were 54.5, 66.8, 66.6 and 69.4, respectively. The FRSC values obtained after watching the video were significantly higher than those before watching it ( P <.001). When the FRSC before watching was taken as 1, the value for the group that felt ” Very good,” ” Good” or ” Ordinary+Dull” while watching the video for 30 min was 1.38, 1.20 or 0.98, respectively ( P <.01). Watching a comical video enhanced the FRSC in saliva; in addition, a pleasant feeling boosted it even more.}, author = {Atsumi, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {6083530}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00064-3}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022-3999(03)00064-3}, doi = {10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00064-3}, issn = {00223999}, journal = {Journal of Psychosomatic Research}, keywords = {humor, methods, positive\_psychology}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {377--379}, posted-at = {2009-11-08 00:49:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Pleasant feeling from watching a comical video enhances free radical-scavenging capacity in human whole saliva}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00064-3}, volume = {56}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6083530 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6083530 N2 - Free radicals have been implicated in aging, mutagenesis, inflammation and other pathological conditions. We conducted a study to clarify the relation between a pleasant feeling as a psychological eustress and free radical-scavenging capacity (FRSC) in saliva. Saliva was collected from 27 healthy volunteers. FRSC before, during and after watching a cheerful comical video for 30 min was measured by using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). The median values of FRSC (μmol/ml) before, at 10 and 20 min during and after watching the video were 54.5, 66.8, 66.6 and 69.4, respectively. The FRSC values obtained after watching the video were significantly higher than those before watching it ( P <.001). When the FRSC before watching was taken as 1, the value for the group that felt “Very good,” “Good” or “Ordinary+Dull” while watching the video for 30 min was 1.38, 1.20 or 0.98, respectively ( P <.01). Watching a comical video enhanced the FRSC in saliva; in addition, a pleasant feeling boosted it even more. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Psychosomatic Research SN - 00223999 EP - 379 TI - Pleasant feeling from watching a comical video enhances free radical-scavenging capacity in human whole saliva VL - 56 SP - 377 KW - humor KW - methods KW - positive_psychology AU - Atsumi, T PY - 2004/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00064-3 ER -