Experiment 1322906
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Salix species (SALICACEAE) |
| Citation | CHRUBASIK,S: POLLAK,S: BLACK,A:. (2003). WILLOW BARK EXTRACT, A USEFUL ALTERNATIVE FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS: COMMENT ON THE EDITORIAL BY MARCUS AND SUAREZ-ALMAZOR. 48(1) |
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| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | FOUR CONTROLLED TRIALS, PUBLISHED IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS (7–10), HAVE INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF A PROPRIETARY WILLOW BARK EXTRACT (ASSALIX), WHICH IS EXTRACTED FROM CULTURED SALIX SPECIES BY 70% ETHANOL AT A RATIO OF 8–14:1 AND CONTAINS A MINIMUM OF 15% SALICIN. THE STUDIES INDICATE A DOSE-RELATED IMPROVEMENT COMPARED WITH PLACEBO IN THE NUMBER OF PAIN FREE PATIENTS AND THE VALIDATED INDICES (WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX, ARHUS LOW BACK PAIN INDEX) IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIC PAIN OF THE HIP, KNEE, AND LOWER BACK PAIN. |
| Number | 0 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE VARIABLE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |