Experiment 1079330
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Lactuca canadensis (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | HARVEY,J: COLIN-JONES,DG:. (1981). MISTLETOE HEPATITIS.. 282() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE HERBAL PRODUCT WAS CLAIMED TO CONTAIN VISCUM ALBUM,KELP,LEONURUS CARDIACA,AND SCUTELLARIA GALLERICULATA A CASE REPORT OF A 49-YEAR OLD WOMAN PRESENTED WITH NAUSEA,GENERAL MALAISE AND A DULL ACHE IN THE RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIUM. LIVER BIOPSY SHOWED SLIGHT INFLAMMATORY-CELL INFILTRATION,AND RESULTS OF LIVER FUNCTION TESTS SUGGESTED HEPATITIS. HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN WAS NOT DETECTED,AND A CHOLECYSTOGRAM WAS NORMAL. TWO YEARS LATER SHE PRESENTED WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS,AND BOTH ILLNESSES WERE FOUND TO HAVE OCCURRED AFTER INGESTION OF THE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED HERBAL MIXTURE. A CHALLENGE TEST SHOWED THE HERBAL MIXTURE TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE ILLNESS. PATIENT RECOVERED AFTER CESSATION OF USE OF THE HERBAL PRODUCT. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |
| Gender | FEMALE |