上海交通大学芳香植物研发中心成立于2005年，前身为1998年成立的上海交通大学芳香植物研究室。为国内高校第一个专业从事芳香植物教学、科研、开发的机构，在大学讲坛第一个开设芳香植物课程。

中心主任为姚雷教授，研究人员4人，博士生3人，硕士生12人，本科生8人，高中生10人。

中心承担了28项多国家、地区以及国际的芳香植物科研项目，并获多项省级成果；

获得47项有关芳香植物的国家发明专利授权；在SCI及核心期刊上发表学术论文119篇；

编著了第一部建国以来第一部芳香植物高等院校教材，另有著作5部。创建“中国芳香植物网站”。

2008年9月芳香植物研究中心作为上海市“明日科技之星—上海市科普拓展基地”正式挂牌。

国际交流方面，中心与国际园艺学会芳香与药用植物分会、日本早稻田大学、大阪府立大学、澳大利亚芳疗医学协会、日本东京芳香疗法学院、日本GAIA天然产品株氏会社等多家单位和机构建立了长期交流与合作关系，共同探求推动芳香植物的研究与应用。

芳香植物研发中心主要研究方向

（1）芳香植物品种选育与栽培：引种成功137种，累计面积达3.2万亩，其中在上海地区引种成功的为47个品种。

（2）芳香植物有效成分提取加工：在传统提取分离基础上，中心对芳香植物的生态化加工链进行了深入的研究，在降低了环境负担的同时，也大大提高了芳香植物的利用价值和经济价值[附件六]。

（3）芳香植物功能性研究：中心在芳香植物功能性研究领域做了大量的探索，目前分为两部分研究：基础性研究及应用型研究。

基础型研究主要方向：抗菌、抗氧化、降血脂、抗过敏、精油对人体脑电波影响等方面；

应用型研究主要方向：降血脂、降血压、抗抑郁、抗焦虑、助睡眠、瑜珈冥想、缓解风湿关节炎疼痛、缓解头痛及偏头痛、缓解颈椎及脊椎疼痛、缓解青春痘症状及平复痘痕、缓解更年期综合症、活血化瘀、疤痕修复以及美容领域（如美白、保湿、淡斑、减肥、淡化妊娠纹）功能性研究。

（4）芳香保健/疗法研究：它是将各种有益于人体的芳香植物精油成分，运用“香熏”、“按摩”和“沐浴”等不同的方法，通过人体的嗅觉、味觉、触觉、视觉、听觉五大感觉功能，使精油经由皮肤和呼吸系统吸收，参与人体循环，调整身体内分泌，激发人体自在的痊愈、镇定及再生能力，使身心恢复协调，消除忧郁、焦虑、烦闷、愤怒等情绪和疲惫感，从而对人在生理和心理上进行调整，达到一种身、心、灵皆俱舒畅的感觉。

中心是国内 “芳香保健师”新职业的倡导者，将承担“上海市社会与劳动保障局新职业开发立项与职业培训”的发起人以及组织者的角色。目前中心已经为企业培训芳香疗法师30多人。

A brief introduction to Aroma Plant Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Established in 2005, formerly founded in 1998 as Fragrance Plant Laboratory of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Agricultural Biology Institute, the center’s major area of study includes the following.

1. The research of aromatic plant varieties collection, finishing and breeding. So far 167 species have been studies, and varieties of aromatic plant cultivation bases have been established in Xinjiang, Guizhou, Shandong, Shanghai Chongming, Gansu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Fujian and Jiangsu.

2. The study on the extraction and analysis of effective components of aromatic plants. Carried out component testing, analysis, and established the mass spectrometry library for 79 kinds of aromatic plants.

3. The analysis of aromatic plants effective component efficacy and safety test. Carried out the antioxidants and antibacterial tests of different aromatic plants, studied the effects of different aroma on refreshing, sedation, sleep and blood pressure, and developed a series of aromatic essential oil products with the industry. The main direction of basic research: anti-bacterial, anti-oxidation, hypolipidemic, anti-allergy, essential oils on human brain waves and other aspects.The main direction of applied research: Antihypertensive, anti-anxiety, sleep, yoga meditation, relieve rheumatoid arthritis pain, relieve headache and migraine headache, relieve pain in the cervical spine and spine, relieve acne symptoms and calm pox marks, relieve menopausal syndrome, blood circulation Stool, scar repair and beauty areas (such as whitening, moisturizing, bleak, weight loss, desalination stretch marks) functional study.

4. The research of healing garden plant allocation technology. Built healing garden practice bases in Jiangsu Wujiang, Shanghai and other places.The research in Aromatherapy / therapy: The use of "aroma", "massage" and "bath" and other different methods, through the human body's sense of smell, taste, touch, vision, hearing five sensory function, so that essential oils through the skin And the respiratory system to absorb, participate in the human body circulation, adjust the body endocrine, stimulate the body's own healing, calm and regenerative ability, so that physical and mental recovery coordination, eliminate depression, anxiety, boredom, anger and other emotions and fatigue, so that people in the physical and psychological on the adjustment, to achieve a body, heart, spirit are all feel comfortable.

The center signed scientific research cooperation agreement with Shandong Pingyin Rose Planting Base, Gansu KuShui Rose Planting Base, Guizhou ShanChuangZi Cultivation Base, Shanghai ChongMing Aromatic Plant Cultivation Base, Xinjiang Lavender Planting Base, Zhejiang Huzhou Rose Planting Base, Jiangsu Wujiang Aromatic Plant Base, Anhui Mint Planting Base, ShanXi WeiNan Damascus Rose Planting Base, Yunnan Shilin Geranium Base, Hubei Daye Aromatic Planting Base. In 2009, the center was elected as one of the "Shanghai Science Education Base". In 2010, the center was awarded the "Top-notch Talent Training Base", which has been inspected and guided by the leaders of China and Shanghai. The center built essential oils of interdisciplinary research platform with Shanghai Mental Health Center Psychiatry, Shanghai Xinhua Hospital Rehabilitation Branch, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012. The center established a long-term exchange and cooperation relation with International Horticultural Society of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Branch, Waseda University, Osaka Prefectural University, Australia Aromatherapy Medical Association and other institutions.