Experiment 1279933
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Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | BARNES,J: BARBER,N: WHEATLEY,D: WILLIAMSON,E:. (2006). A PILOT RANDOMISED , OPEN, UNCONTROLLED, CLINICAL STUDY OF TWO DOSAGES OF ST JOHN'S WORT (HYPERICUM PERFORATUM) HERB EXTRACT (LI-160) AS AN AID TO MOTIVATIONAL /BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT IN SMOKING CESSATION. 72() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | RESULTS OF AN OPEN, UNCONTROLLED, PILOT STUDY. 28 TOBACCO SMOKERS CONSUMING 10 OR MORE CIGARETTES PER DAY FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR WERE RANDOMISED TO RECEIVE SAINT JOHN’S WORT (SJW) HERB EXTRACT (LI-160) 300 MG ONCE OR TWICE DAILY, TAKEN FOR ONE WEEK BEFORE AND CONTINUED FOR 3 MONTHS AFTER A TARGET DATE FOR FULL CESSATION OF SMOKING. ALL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED MOTIVATIONAL/BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT FROM A TRAINED PHARMACIST. AT 3 MONTHS, THE POINT PREVALENCE AND CONTINUOUS ABSTINENCE RATES WERE BOTH 18 %, AND AT 12 MONTHS WERE 0 %. FIFTEEN PARTICIPANTS (54 %) REPORTED 23 ADVERSE EVENTS UP TO THE END OF THE 3-MONTH FOLLOW-UP PERIOD. THERE WAS NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE FREQUENCY OF ADVERSE EVENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS TAKING SJW ONCE OR TWICE DAILY (P > 0.05). MOST ADVERSE EVENTS WERE MILD, TRANSIENT AND NON-SERIOUS. THIS PRELIMINARY STUDY HAS NOT PROVIDED CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT A SJW HERB EXTRACT PLUS INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATIONAL/BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT IS LIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE AS AN AID IN SMOKING CESSATION. |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |