Experiment 1226762
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | SHU,HY: LIU,PL: HUANG,GY:. (1984). EFFECTS OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII ON THE MENSTRUATION OF 50 PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.. 4(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | OBSERVATIONS MADE ON MENSTRUAL CHANGES IN 50 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS & 12 CASES OF MENORRHAGIA. INCIDENCE OF AMENORRHEA AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF THE DRUG WAS 69.4%, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH OCCURRED WITHIN 3-6 MONTHS AFTER BEGINNING TREATMENT. THE AMENORRHEA WAS REVERSIBLE, MOST RECOVERIES OCCURRING WITHIN 1-2 MOS AFTER CESSATION OF MEDICATION. AMONG THE 12 CASES OF MENORRHAGIA, 7 DEVELOPED AMENORRHEA AFTER STARTING MEDICATION. 4 HAD THEIR MENSES DIMINSHED IN AMOUNT WITH A SHORT-TERM EFFECTIVE RATE OF 9.16%. THREE OF THE CURED CASES HAD ENTERED THE PHASE OF MENOPAUSE. THOUGH PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION INDICATED THE EXTRACT EXERTED INHIBITORY ACTION ON OVARIAN FUNCTION, DETERMINATION COULD NOT BE MADE WHETHER THIS ACTION WAS DISPLAYED DIRECTLY ON THE OVARIES OR INDIRECTLY ON LINKAGES AT A HIGHER LEVEL. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | CHROMATOGRAPHIC FRACTION |
| Gender | FEMALE |