Experiment 1081458
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Semecarpus anacardium (ANACARDIACEAE) |
| Citation | TRIPATHI,SN: TIWARI,CM: JAISWAL,LC: UPADHYAYA,BN: PANDEY,P:. (1979). ROLE OF SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM (BHALLATAKA) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.. 14(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | INITIAL DOSE WAS EQUIVALENT TO 0.5 GM OF DRIED NUT(TAKEN AFTER BOILING IT WITH MILK),INCREASING DAILY BY CA. 0.25 GM. UP TO A DOSE OF 3.0 GM. THIS DOSE WAS MAINTAINED FOR ONE WEEK AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE INITIAL INCREASE. THE CLINICAL TRIAL INVOLVED 120 CASES OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS,BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12-60 YEARS;76 WERE MALES AND 44 WERE FEMALES. COMPLETE REMISSION WAS SEEN IN 36 PATIENTS; MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN 44; MINOR IMPROVEMENT IN 24;AND NO CHANGE IN 16 PATIENTS. SIDE EFFECTS SEEN WERE URTICARIAL RASH AND HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCY. PATIENTS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE STUDY AS SOON AS SIDE EFFECTS WERE NOTED(NO DATA ON NUMBER OF SUBJECTS EXPERIENCING SIDE EFFECTS). SIDE EFFECTS MORE COMMON IN FEMALES THAN IN MALES. |
| Dose amount | 0.5 GM |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HOT H2O EXT |