Experiment 393394
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Zea mays (POACEAE) |
| Citation | MACHUCA,G: VALENCIA,S: LACALLE,JR: MACHUCA,C: BULLON,P:. (1997). A CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A MOUTHWASH BASED ON TRICLOSAN AND ON ZEA MAYS L USED AS SUPPLEMENTS TO BRUSHING.. 28(5) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A STUDY WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER DOUBLE-BLIND CONDITIONS WITH A NEGATIVE CONTROL (A PLACEBO AND A POSITIVE CONTROL (A MOUTHWASH BASED ON CHLORHEXIDINE). AFTER A PEROID OF 14 DAYS TO ALLOW THE PLAQUE INDEX AND GINGIVAL INDEX TO STANDARDIZE, THE 43 SUBJECTS WHO FORMED THE SAMPLE WERE EXAMINED WEEKLY FOR 3 WEEKS. ALTHOUGH THE MOUTHWASH BASED ON TRICLOSAN REDUCED THE PLAQUE INDEX BY 7.3% IN COMPARISON WITH THE PLACEBO NEGATIVE CONTROL (A LESS MARKED EFFECT THAN THAT OF CHLORHEXIDINE, WHICH ACHIEVED AN 8.43% REDUCTION). IT HAD SCARCELY ANY EFFECT ON THE GINGIVAL INDEX. THE MOUTHWASH BASED ON ZEA MAYS L HAD NO BENEFICIAL ACTION ON THE PLAQUE INDEX, WHICH INCREASED SLIGHTLY, BUT IT LED TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN GINGIVAL INDEX (7.17% IN COMPARISON WITH THE PLACEBO). |
| Dose amount | 5.0 ML |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(95%)EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |