Experiment 363048
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | SOMMER,H: HARRER,G:. (1994). PLACEBO-CONTROLLED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN HYPERICUM PREPARATION IN 105 MILDLY DEPRESSED PATIENTS.. 7(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 105 OUTPATIENTS WITH MILD DEPRESSION OF SHORT DURATION WERE TREATED IN A DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY WITH EITHER 3 X 300 MG HYPERICUM EXTRACT OR PLACEBO. THE THERAPY PHASE WAS 4 WEEKS. THE EFFECTIVENESS WAS JUDGED ACORDING TO THE HAMILTON DEPRESSION SCALE AFTER 2 AND 4 WEEKS. THE VALUES OF THE MEAN BASIC SCORE IN THESE PERIODS FELL FROM 15.8 TO 9.6 OR 7.2 IN THE ACTIVE GROUP, AND IN THE PLACEBO GROUP, FROM 15.8 TO 12.3 AND 11.3. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PLACEBO GROUPS WERE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT WITH P <.05 AND P <.01 ACHIEVED AFTER 2 AND 4 WEEKS, RESPECTIVELY. IN THE ACTIVE GROUP, 28 OF 42 PATIENTS (67%) AND, IN THE PLACEBO GROUP, 13 OF 47 PATIENTS (28%) RESPONDED TO TREATMENT. NOTABLE SIDE EFFECTS WERE NOT FOUND. |
| Dose amount | 900.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |