Experiment 378619
Worktypes
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Urtica dioica (URTICACEAE) |
| Citation | VONTOBEL,HP: HERZOG,R: RUTISHAUSER,G: KRES,H:. (1985). THE RESULTS OF A DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF ERU CAPSULES IN THE CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA.. 24() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF 50 PATIENTS ASSESSED THE EFFICACY OF A 20% METHANOL EXTRACT OF THE ROOTS FOR THE SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENT OF BPH STAGES I AND II. A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN URINE VOLUME (43.7% INCREASE, P=0.027) AND A DECREASE IN THE LEVELS OF SERUM SHBG (P=0.0005) WAS OBSERVED IN THOSE PATIENTS TREATED WITH 600 MG/DAY (P.O) OF THE EXTRACT FOR 9 WEEKS. A MODEST INCREASE IN MAXIMUM FLOW OF 8% WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN THE TREATED GROUP, HOWEVER IT WAS NOT STATISTICALLY SINIFICANT. |
| Dose amount | 600.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | MEOH EXT |
| Gender | MALE |