<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Paul Alan Arkin Alvarado-García</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marilú Roxana Soto-Vásquez</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Taniht Lisseth Cubas Romero</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santiago M. Benites</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anthony Derlis Auris-López</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gerardo Manuel Del Pino-Aliaga</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Exploring the Calming Potential of Peppermint: Anxiolytic Effects of Mentha piperita Essential Oil on State and Trait Anxiety</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pharmacognosy Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anxiety</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Essential oil</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mentha piperita</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">State anxiety</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trait anxiety</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">December 2024</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1290-1296</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction: &lt;/strong&gt;This study aimed to evaluate the anxiolytic effect of &lt;em&gt;Mentha piperita&lt;/em&gt; essential oil on state and trait anxiety. &lt;strong&gt;Methods:&lt;/strong&gt; The essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation, and its chemical composition was analyzed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 93 participants were divided into a control group (CG) and an experimental group (EG), with 47 participants in the EG receiving MPEO aromatherapy and 46 in the CG. Anxiety levels were measured using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) at pretest and posttest phases. Results: GC-MS analysis showed that menthol had the highest concentration (42.56%), followed by menthone (19.24%) and linalool (11.68%). Mixed model analysis revealed that group assignment (EG vs. CG) was a significant predictor of posttest state anxiety (F=16.508, p=0.001) and trait anxiety (F=9.091, p=0.003), independent of pretest scores, supporting the intervention’s effect on reducing anxiety. Posttest results showed a significant reduction in state anxiety in the EG compared to the CG (p=0.001) with a large effect size (r=0.508), while trait anxiety showed a moderate reduction (p=0.001, r=0.342).&lt;strong&gt; Conclusion: &lt;/strong&gt;These findings suggest that &lt;em&gt;Mentha piperita&lt;/em&gt; essential oil may effectively reduce state and trait anxiety, with a more pronounced impact on state anxiety.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original Article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1290</style></section><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paul Alan Arkin Alvarado- García&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Marilú Roxana Soto- Vásquez&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, Taniht Lisseth Cubas Romero&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Santiago M. Benites&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;, Anthony Derlis Auris-López&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, Gerardo Manuel Del Pino- Aliaga&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Escuela de Psicología. Universidad Autónoma del Perú. Lima, PERÚ.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, PERÚ.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class=&quot;rtejustify&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Universidad Autónoma del Perú. Lima, PERÚ.&lt;/p&gt;
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