Experiment 1223625
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | QIAN,SZ:. (1986). TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII, A NEW LEAD IN MALE FERTILITY REGULATION.. () |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | MAIN SIDE EFFECTS: GASTROINTESTINAL DISTURBANCES INCLUDING NAUSEA, VOMITING, ANOREXIA, EPIGASTRIC BURNING SENSATION, XEROSTOMIA, DIARRHEA AND CONSTIPATION. MOST SYMPTOMS SUBSIDE DURING COURSE OF TREATMENT AND DRUG DISCONTINUATION IS NOT NEEDED. LEUKOPENIA AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA MAY BE FOUND IN A FEW PATIENTS BUT THE CELL COUNTS RECOVER SHORTLY AFTER WITHDRAWL OF THE DRUG. IN 698 CASES TAKING THE EXTRACT (GTW), 15(2.1%) DEVELOPED LEUKOPENIA AND 5(0.7%) THROMBOCYTOPENIA WITHOUT BLEEDING. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT IN THOSE CASES IN WHICH THE WBC HAD RECOVERED AFTER CESSATION OF TREATMENT, READMINISTRATION OF GTW DID NOT CAUSE ANY FURTHER LEUKOPENIA. OTHER SIDE EFFECTS: MENSTRUAL DISTRUBANCES, OLIGOSPERMIA, AZOOSPERMIA AND A DECREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE TESTIS. THE SIDE EFFECTS OF GTW ARE MUCH LESS THAN THOSE OF THE CRUDE EXTRACT. THE DRUG HAS BEEN USED IN OUTPATIENTS. |
| Dose amount | 1-1.5 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | WEAK ACTIVITY |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | CHROMATOGRAPHIC FRACTION |