Experiment 347876
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Andrographis paniculata (ACANTHACEAE) |
| Citation | CACERES,DD: HANCKE,JL: BURGOS,RA: WIKMAN,GK:. (1997). PREVENTION OF COMMON COLDS WITH ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA DRIED EXTRACT. A PILOT DOUBLE BLIND TRIAL.. 4(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-CONTROLLED DOUBLE BLIND STUDY, THE POSSIBLE PREVENTIVE EFFECT AGAINST COMMON COLDS OF KAN JANG TABLETS MADE FROM ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA (BURM.F.) NEES DRIED EXTRACT WAS STUDIED DURING THE WINTER SEASON. THE STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT IN A RURAL SCHOOL. THE ANALYSIS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF COLDS REVEALED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF KAN JANG AFTER THE FIRST MONTH DID NOT PRODUCE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. HOWEVER, AFTER THE THIRD MONTH OF INTAKE OF KAN JANG THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF COLDS AS COMPARED TO THE PLACEBO GROUP. THE RATE OF INCIDENCE OF COLDS AMONG THE STUDENTS TREATED WITH KAN JAN WAS 20% (16/54) COMPARED TO 62% (33/53). THE RELATIVE RISK OF CATCHING A COLD WAS THEREFORE 2.1 (1.32-3.33,95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL TIMES LOWER FOR THE KAN JANG GROUP. THE ATTRIBUTABLE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF KAN JANG WAS 33%. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT KAN JANG TABLETS HAVE A PREVENTIVE EFFECT AGAINST COMMON COLDS DURING THE WINTER PERIOD. |
| Dose amount | 200.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |