Experiment 378617
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Urtica dioica (URTICACEAE) |
| Citation | ZIEGLER,H:. (1983). INVESTIGATIONS OF PROSTATE CELLS UNDER EFFECT OF EXTRACT. RADIX URTICAE (ERU) BY FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY.. 45() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | IN AN INVESTIGATION OF 33 PATIENTS WITH BPH, PROSTATE CELLS WERE OBTAINED BY NEEDLE BIOPSY AND ANALYZED BY FLUORESCENT INCUBATION OF PROSTATE GLANDULAR EPITHELIUM CELLS WITH A 20% METHANOL EXTRACT OF THE ROOT CAUSED AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE NUCLEAR VOLUME WITH A LOOSENING OF THE CHROMATIN, AND A HYDROPIC SWELLING OF CYTOPLASM. IN ADDITION, A DISTINCT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF HOMOGENOUS SECRETORY GRANULES, INDICATING A REDUCTION IN THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THESE CELLS. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | MEOH EXT |
| Gender | MALE |