Experiment 349610
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | WHEATLEY,D: VORBACH,EU: MOCKEL,B: BEUTH,J:. (1996). EVIDENCE FOR BENEFIT OF ST JOHN'S WORT IN DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS.. 257(6919) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED SIX-WEEK TRIAL COMPARING HYPERICUM EXTRACT; 900MG DAILY WITH AMITRIPTYLINE 75MG DAILY IN 165 PATIENTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE DEPRESSION. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT BOTH THE EXTRACT AND AMITRIPTYLINE REDUCED MEAN HAMILTON DEPRESSION (HAMD) SCORES WHEN COMPARED WITH BASELINE VALUES. AMITRIPTYLINE APPEARED TO HAVE A MORE BENEFICIAL EFFECT THAN HYPERICUM, ALTHOUGH THE SIDE EFFECT PROFILE OF HYPERICUM EXTRACT WAS MORE FAVOURABLE. |
| Dose amount | 900.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | AERIAL PARTS |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |