Experiment 1177813
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | ARO,A: UUSITUPA,M: VOUTILAINEN,E: KORHONEN,T:. (1984). EFFECTS OF GUAR GUM IN MALE SUBJECTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA.. 39() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | DURING A 12 WK DOUBLE BLIND CROSS OVER STUDY,THE EFFICACY OF DIETARY GUAR GUM WAS EVALUATED IN 14 HYPERCHOLOESTEROLEMIC PATIENTS. SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS WERE SEEN IN TOTAL CHOLESTEROL LEVELS, WITH A DECREASE IN LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTIENS AFTER 6 WEEKS. HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS REMAINED UNAFFECTED. THE HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC EFFECT DECREASED IN PROLONGED STUDY,WITH NO BENEFICIAL EFFECT SEEN BY 12 WKS. NO ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN SERUM CALCIUM,MAGNESIUM,IRON OR PHOSPHATE LEVELS WERE NOTED. |
| Dose amount | 15.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | EQUIVOCAL |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | GLYCOSIDE MIXTURE |
| Gender | MALE |