Experiment 392494
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | HANSGEN,KD: VESPER,J:. (1996). ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECT OF HIGH DOSES OF HYPERICUM EXTRACTS.. 138(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A MULTICENTER, DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL IN 102 PATIENTS ASSESSED THE EFFICACY OF THE EXTRACT IN THE TREATMENT OF MILD TO MODERATE DEPRESSION. PATIENTS WERE TREATED FOR 4 WEEKS WITH THE EXTRACT OR PLACEBO, THAN 2 WEEKS WITH THE EXTRACT. RESULTS SHOW THAT THE HAMILTON DEPRESSION SCALE DECREASED FROM 21 TO 8.0 IN THE TREATMENT GROUP AND 20.4 TO 14.4 IN THE PLACEBO GROUP. FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS WERE OBSERVED IN THE SUBSEQUENT 2 WEEK TREATMENT PERIOD IN BOTH GROUPS. |
| 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 |