Experiment 1299365
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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 | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | DECOCTION |
| Gender | FEMALE |