Experiment 1299364
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Epimedium brevicornum (BERBERIDACEAE) |
| Citation | YAN,FF: LIU,Y: LIU,YF: ZHAO,YX:. (2008). HERBA EPIMEDII WATER EXTRACT ELEVATES ESTROGEN LEVEL AND IMPROVES LIPID METABOLISM IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. 22(8) |
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| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE STUDY AIMED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF HERBA EPIMEDII WATER EXTRACT ON BLOOD LIPID AND SEX HORMONE LEVELS. NINETY SUBJECTS WERE RANDOMLY DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS: A TRIAL GROUP WHICH RECEIVED HERBA EPIMEDII WATER EXTRACT AND A CONTROL GROUP WHICH WAS ADMINISTERED AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF WATER PLACEBO. AT THE BASELINE AND AFTER 6 MONTHS OF MEDICATION, SERUM ESTRADIOL (E2), PROGESTERONE (P), TESTOSTERONE (T), TOTAL CHOLESTEROL (TC), TRIGLYCERIDE (TG), HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL (HDL-C) AND LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL (LDL-C) CONCENTRATIONS WERE MEASURED. THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT HERBA EPIMEDII WATER EXTRACT DECREASED THE TC AND TG LEVELS (P 0.01). FURTHERMORE, HERBA EPIMEDII WATER EXTRACT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE SERUM LEVEL OF E2 (P 0.01) COMPARED WITH THE PRE-TREATMENT LEVEL. IN CONCLUSION, HERBA EPIMEDII WATER EXTRACT PRODUCES ITS BENEFICIAL ACTIONS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. |
| Dose amount | 300 ML |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | DECOCTION |
| Gender | FEMALE |