A review of the use of aromatherapy in the control of anxiety caused by Covid-19 pandemic

Silvia Cristina Heredia-Vieira
Claudionora Neves Alves de Souza
Rosemary Matias
Gilberto Gonçalves Facco

    Silvia Cristina Heredia-Vieira

    Anhanguera Interativa University (Uniderp), Avenida Alexandre Herculano, 1400, Taquaral Bosque, CEP 79035-470, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.

    Silvia Cristina Heredia Vieira is currently a professor at the Anhanguera-Uniderp University of Campo Grande-MS and the UNIC of Cuiabá-MT. She is part of the BASis-INEP Assessors Bank. She holds a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Development of the State and Region of the Pantanal (UNIDERP), located in Campo Grande-MS (2007). She holds a master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, with an emphasis on biologically active natural products, from the State University of Maringá-UEM (2010). She holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from UNESP in Araraquara-SP (2014), with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals and medicines. She did a sandwich doctorate at the Universidad de Cádiz, Spain, in 2013. She was a PNPD CAPES fellow at the Graduate Program in Natural Resources at UEMS in Dourados-MS (2014 to 2017). From 2018 to 2021 she was part of the CRF/MS Clinical Research GTT. She has 23 articles published in specialized journals, 2 articles accepted for publication, 6 book chapters, 1 published book, 1 organized book and 6 technical bulletins published in the study area. She acted in the organization of 19 events. She works mainly on the following topics: medicinal plants, phytochemistry, pharmacognosy, phytotherapy and scientific writing. Web of Science ResearcherID AAF-7602-2019. ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-5506-2677

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    Claudionora Neves Alves de Souza

    Anhanguera-Uniderp University, Avenida Alexandre Herculano, 1400, Taquaral Bosque, CEP 79035-470, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.

    Graduated in Physiotherapy from Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (1998). Specialist at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (1999) and Universidade Gama Filho - Dermatofunctional Physiotherapy (2005). She is currently coordinator and professor of the courses in Physiotherapy and Technology in Aesthetics and Cosmetics at Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp. Master's student at the Postgraduate Program Environment and Regional Development at Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp.

    Rosemary Matias

    Anhanguera-Uniderp University, Avenida Alexandre Herculano, 1400, Taquaral Bosque, CEP 79035-470, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.

    Graduated in Full Licentiate in Chemistry from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (1988) and Master's (1995) and Ph.D. (2010) in Chemistry from the State University of Maringá - UEM. He is Adjunct Professor I at Uniderp University. He has experience in the area of Natural Products, working on the following subjects: Isolation and identification of chemical constituents of plants and monitored by biological activity tests: antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, healing, insecticide and allelopathy. In the Postgraduate Courses, he also works in the area of environmental chemistry and Health. He has a Research Productivity Scholarship from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development PQ-2.

    Gilberto Gonçalves Facco

    Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the University for the Development of the State and Region of the Pantanal - UNIDERP (1999), Master's in Veterinary Medicine (Animal Pathology) in Jaboticabal - SP from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP (2003) and is Doctor by the Animal Science Program - FAMEZ-UFMS (2015). He is currently a professor at the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in the Environment and Regional Development program, in the Environmental Sciences area at Uniderp, in the lines of research: Society, Environment and Sustainable Regional Development. Undergraduate Professor at ANHANGUERA UNIDERP in the courses of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedicine and Pharmacy with the subjects of General Pathology, Veterinary Pathological Anatomy, Ornithopathology and Clinical Cytopathology.

    Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the University for the Development of the State and Region of the Pantanal - UNIDERP (1999), Master's in Veterinary Medicine (Animal Pathology) in Jaboticabal - SP from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP (2003) and is Doctor by the Animal Science Program - FAMEZ-UFMS (2015). He is currently a professor at the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in the Environment and Regional Development program, in the Environmental Sciences area at Uniderp, in the lines of research: Society, Environment and Sustainable Regional Development. Undergraduate Professor at ANHANGUERA UNIDERP in the courses of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedicine and Pharmacy with the subjects of General Pathology, Veterinary Pathological Anatomy, Ornithopathology and Clinical Cytopathology.

Keywords

Essential oils
Coronavirus
Complementary and Integrative Practices
SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

Aromatherapy can be used to control anxiety, an intensified disease during Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In this context, the aim of this review is to register what is found in the recent literature on the use of Aromatherapy as a Complementary and Integrative Practice (CIP) in the control of anxiety as a consequence of the Covid-19. A search was carried out in the databases of PubMed, Web of Science and SciELO, including articles published between the years 2019 and 2021 and using the following descriptions isolated or combinaded: Covid-19, mental health, anxiety, essential oils, Complementary and Integrative Practices and Aromatherapy. According to this review, there are no studies using Aromatherapy to prevent and/or cure anxiety caused by Covid-19 pandemic. However, there are reports of the anxiolytic potential of essential oils, which improve the patient's wellbeing. Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) essential oil is the most described for anxiolytic potential. Essential oils can be indicated for anxiety control, as a CIP, but always with the orientation of a health professional.

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  • Silvia Cristina Heredia-Vieira
    Anhanguera Interativa University (Uniderp), Avenida Alexandre Herculano, 1400, Taquaral Bosque, CEP 79035-470, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
  • Claudionora Neves Alves de Souza
    Anhanguera-Uniderp University, Avenida Alexandre Herculano, 1400, Taquaral Bosque, CEP 79035-470, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
  • Rosemary Matias
    Anhanguera-Uniderp University, Avenida Alexandre Herculano, 1400, Taquaral Bosque, CEP 79035-470, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
  • Gilberto Gonçalves Facco
    Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the University for the Development of the State and Region of the Pantanal - UNIDERP (1999), Master's in Veterinary Medicine (Animal Pathology) in Jaboticabal - SP from the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP (2003) and is Doctor by the Animal Science Program - FAMEZ-UFMS (2015). He is currently a professor at the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in the Environment and Regional Development program, in the Environmental Sciences area at Uniderp, in the lines of research: Society, Environment and Sustainable Regional Development. Undergraduate Professor at ANHANGUERA UNIDERP in the courses of Veterinary Medicine, Biomedicine and Pharmacy with the subjects of General Pathology, Veterinary Pathological Anatomy, Ornithopathology and Clinical Cytopathology.

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