Experiment 1074028

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIM
OrganismTrichosanthes kirilowii (CUCURBITACEAE)
CitationANON:. (1976). 200 CASES OF INDUCED ABORTION BY TRICHOSANTHIN INJECTION.. 56()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
Disease200 CASES OF INDUCED ABORTION AT MID-GESTATION DESCRIBED PATIENTS WERE SKIN TESTED FOR ALLERGENICITY TO TRICHOSANTHIN BEFORE RECEIVING THE DRUG 99% OF PATIENTS ABORTED 20.7% REQUIRED LESS THAN 4 DAYS TO ABORT:51.5% REQUIRED 4-7 DAYS AND 27.8% REQUIRED MORE THAN 7 DAYS FOLLOWING TREATMENT. THE LONGEST PERIOD REQUIRED TO ABORT WAS 13 DAYS + 12 HOURS:THE SHORTEST WAS 1 DAY + 12 HOURS:AVERAGE WAS 5 DAYS + 18 HOURS COMMON SIDE EFFETS WERE FEVER,HEADACHE,SORE THROAT AND PAIN IN THE JOINTS.THESE DISAPPEARED IN 2-3 DAYS. 34.0% OF PATIENTS HAD LESS THAN 38 TEMPERATURE:60% HAD 38-39 DEGREES TEMPERATURE AND 6.0% HAD HIGHER THAN 39 DEGREES. 85/90 CASES HAD NORMAL SERUM GTO LEVELS:5/90 HAD ELEVATED GTO LEVELS(4 OF THESE WERE NORMAL WHEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPTIAL. 91/93 PATIENTS HAD NORMAL ECG PATTERNS POST-PARTUM BLEEDING VOLUME WAS LOW IN MOST SUBJECTS. 74.2% OF PATIENTS BLED LESS THAN 50 ML:14.1% FROM 51-100 ML:7.1% FROM 100-300 ML AND 4-6% MORE THAN 300 ML 76 PATIENTS IN THE STUDY WERE 3-4 MONTHS PREGNANT:53 WERE 4-5 MONTHS PREGNANT:71 WERE 5-6 MONTHS PREGNANT
Dose amount5-10 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN(PREGNANT)
Per unitPERSON
Dose expressionDOSE