Experiment 349611
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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 | MULTICENTRE STUDY OF HYPERICUM EXTRTACT IN SEVERELY DEPRESSED PATIENTS (HAMD SCORE > 20). IN THIS RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY INVOLVING 20 PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND DAY CARE CENTRES IN GERMANY, 209 PATIENTS RECEIVED SIX WEEKS TREATMENT OF THE EXTRACT 600 MG THREE TIMES DAILY OR IMIPRAMINE 50MG THREE TIMES DAILY. RESULTS INDICATE THAT BOTH PREPARATIONS WERE EFFECTIVE, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A TREND IN FAVOUR OF IMIPRAMINE. |
| Dose amount | 1.8 GM |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | AERIAL PARTS |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |