Experiment 371466
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Echinacea purpurea (ASTERACEAE) |
| Citation | SCHONEBERGER,D:. (1992). THE INFLUENCE OF IMMUNE-STIMULATING EFFECTS OF PRESSED JUICE FROM ECHINACEA PURPUREA ON THE COURSE AND SEVERITY OF COLDS.. 8() |
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| Disease | THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMMUNE-STIMULATING EFFECT OF FRESHLY PRESSED JUICE FROM ECHINACEA PURPUREA (DOSAGE: 2-4 ML DAILY) ON THE COURSE AND SEVERITY OF COLDS IN PATIENTS WITH INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY WERE STUDIED OVER A PEROID OF 8 WEEKS IN A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND, MONO-CENTRIC CLINICAL TEST. FUTHERMORE, THE EFFECT ON IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS WAS APPRAISED. A TOTAL OF 108 PATIENTS (54 MEDICATION, 54 PLACEBO) WERE EVALUATED IN REGARD TO EFFECTIVENESS ON THE BASIS OF THIS TEST SYSTEM. THIS CLINICAL STUDY SHOWS THAT PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT WITH ECHINACIN LIQUIDUM RESULTED IN A DECREASED FREQUENCY OF INFECTIONS. THIS WAS EVIDENT IN THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS REMAINING HEALTHY (MEDICATION 35.2%, PLACEBO 25.9%) AS WELL AS IN THE LENGTH OF TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN INFECTIONS (MEDICATION 40 DAYS, PLACEBO 25 DAYS.) OCCURRING INFECTIONS WERE LESS SEVERE IN EVIDENCE OF A WEAKENED DEFENSE SYSTEM, WHO BEFORE TREATMENT HAD A T4/T8-RATIO OF LESS THAN 1.5, PROFITED MOST FROM PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT. THESE PATIENTS ATTAINED AN ADDITIONAL NOTABLE REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE DURATION OF THE INFECTION (MEDICATED GROUP 5.34 DAYS, PLACEBO 7.54 DAYS). |
| Dose amount | 4.0 ML |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | JUICE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |