Experiment 363044
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | HUBNER,WD: LANDE,S: PODZUWEIT,H:. (1994). HYPERICUM TREATMENT OF MILD DEPRESSIONS WITH SOMATIC SYMPTOMS.. 7(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN A RANDOMIZED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED. DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY, 39 PATIENTS WITH DEPRESSION WITH SOMATIC SYMPTOMS WERE TREATED WITH HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160, FOR 4 WEEKS, THE DOSAGE WAS 300 MG THREE TIMES DAILY. THE RESULTS SHOW A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE ACTIVE TREATMENT GROUP AT THE 5% LEVEL AS COMPARED TO PLACEBO. 70% OF THE PATIENTS TREATED WITH LI 160 WERE FREE OF SYMPTOMS AFTER 4 WEEKS. TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF THE DEPRESSION SUCH AS LACK OF ACTIVITY, TIREDNESS, FATIGUE, AND DISTURBED SLEEP, WERE ESPECIALLY RESPONSIVE. IN NO CASE WERE ANY UNDESIRABLE SIDE EFFECT OBSERVED. |
| Dose amount | 900.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | PLANT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |