Experiment 387928
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | HANSGEN,KD: VESPER,J: PLOCH,M:. (1994). MULTICENTER DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY EXAMINING THE ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECTIVENESS OF THE HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160.. 7(10) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 72 DEPRESSIVE PATIENTS WERE TREATED IN A DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY FOR A PERIOD OF 6 WEEKS EITHER WITH HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160 OR WITH PLACEBO. INCLUSION CRITERION WAS A MAJOR DEPRESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DSM-III-R. THE CHANGES WERE ASSESSED USING FOUR PSYCHOMETRIC SCALES (HAMD, D-S,BEB,CGI). AFTER 4 WEEKS OF THERAPY THE STATISTICAL EVALUATION REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN ALL FOUR PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS IN THE TREATED GROUP AS COMPARED TO PLACEBO GROUP. AFTER SWITCHING THE PLACEBO GROUP TO ACTIVE TREATMENT (5TH TO 6TH WEEK OF THERAPY), SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS WERE FOUND IN THE ORIGINAL PLACEBO GROUP. |
| 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 |