Experiment 389383
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cimicifuga racemosa (RANUNCULACEAE) |
| Citation | WARNECKE,H:. (1985). INFLUENCING MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS WITH A PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT.. 1985(36) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A CONTROLLED COMPARATIVE TRAIL OF 60 WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 45 AND 60 ASSESSED THE EFFICACY OF AN EXTRACT OF THE RHIZOME WITH HORMONAL REPLACEMENT THERAYP FOR THE TREATMENT OF CLIMACTERIC SYMPTOMS. THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PATIENTS WAS BASED ON THE MENOPAUSE INDEX COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: HOT FLUSHES, NOCTURNAL SWEATING, NERVOUSNESS, HEADACHE AND PALPITATIONS. PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS WERE QUALIFIED USING THE HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE (HAMAS) AND SELF-ASSESSMENT DEPRESSION SCALE (SDS). THE PATIENTS WERE TREATED WITH 40 DROPS OF AN ISOPROPANOL EXTRACT OF THE RHIZOME, OR 0.6 MG CONJUAGED ESTROGENS OR 2 MG DIAZEPAM FOR A PERIOD OF 12 WEEKS. ALL THREE FORMS OF THERAPY REDUCED THE MENOPAUSE INDEX, HAMAS AND SDS. THE RHIZOME EXTRACT AND CONJUGATED ESTROGENS ALSO REDUCED ATROPHIC CHANGES IN THE VAGINAL MUCOSA. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ISOPROPANOL EXT |
| Gender | FEMALE |