Experiment 387893
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Teucrium chamaedrys (LAMIACEAE) |
| Citation | CASTOT,A: LARREY,D:. (1992). ACUTE HEPATITIS FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF GERMANDER - CONTAINING PRODUCTS: 26 CASES.. 16(12) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 26 PATIENTS DEVELOPED ACUTE HEPATITIS AFTER TAKING GERMANDER, AN HERBAL MEDICINE USED TO FACILITATE WEIGHT LOSS. HEPATITIS OCCURRED WITHIN 9 WEEKS OF TREATMENT AND WAS CHARACTERIZED BY JAUNDICE AND A HIGH LEVEL OF AMINO-TRANSFERASES. RECOVERY WAS OBTAINED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 6 MONTHS AFTER WITHDRAWAL. IN 12 CASES, READMINISTRATION WAS FOLLOWED BY PROMPT RECURRENCE OF HEPATITIS. THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP IS PROBABLE BUT THE MECHANISM REMAINS UNCLEAR: THERE WAS NO RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DAILY INTAKE AND THE DURATION OF TREATMENT. |
| Dose amount | 450.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | AERIAL PARTS |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |