Experiment 1080550

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeINTRAUTERINE
OrganismWikstroemia chamaedaphne (THYMELAEACEAE)
CitationWANG,ZH: CHEN,WL: YING,KH:. (1979). ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY OF PLACENTAS IN YELLOW DAPHNE (WIKSTROEMIA CHAMAEDAPHNE MEISN.) INDUCED LABOR.. 14()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHE EXTRACT WAS EQUIVALENT TO 1.0 GM OF PLANT MATERIAL PER 1.0 ML. USED IN WOMEN AT MID-GESTATION AS AN ABORTIFACIENT. 100% OF THE WOMEN ABORTED WITHIN 24 HOURS. BASED ON EXAMINATION OF THE EXPELLED FETUSES IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE EXTRACT INCREASED PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS. HORMONAL SYNTHESIS IN THE PLACENTA WAS NOT AFFECTED BUT TRANSPORT AND SECRETION PROCESSES MAY BE HINDERED.
Dose amount0.4 ML
Number2
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN(PREGNANT)
Per unitPERSON
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractETOH(95%)EXT