Experiment 1271135
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Zingiber officinale (ZINGIBERACEAE) |
| Citation | WEBER,ML:. (1937). A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THIRTY-FIVE CASES OF PARALYSIS CAUSED BY ADULTERATED JAMAICA-GINGER EXTRACT.. 13() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE PATIENTS WERE KENTUCKY(USA) WHITES PARALYZED IN THE 1930 EPIDEMIC DUE TO THE ADULTERATION OF JAMAICA GINGER EXTRACT WITH PHENOL ESTER-TRIORTHOCRESYL PHOSPHATE. EXAMINED 4-6 YEARS AFTER THE ONSET OF THE PARALYSIS, ONLY 3 HAD RECOVERED ENOUGH TO WALK WITHOUT SUPPORT. MOST PATIENTS HAD MADE GOOD IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARMS BUT VERY LITTLE IN THE LEGS.FOUR PATIENTS WERE UNABLE TO STAND OR WALK. SYMPTOMS HAD APPEARED WITHIN 4-35 DAYS AFTER THE INGESTION OF 1-20 OUNCES OF EXTRACT. (15 REFERENCES). |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | . |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETHER EXT |