Experiment 393480
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | MARTINEZ,B: KASPER,S: RUHRMANN,S: MOLLER,HJ:. (1994). HYPERICUM IN THE TREATMENT OF SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDERS.. 7(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A SINGLE-BLIND STUDY EVALUATED HYPERICUM, A PLANT EXTRACT, COULD BE BENEFICIAL IN TREATING SAD PATIENTS AND WHETHER THE COMBINATION WITH LT WOULD BE ADDITIONALLY ADVANTAGEOUS. PATIENTS WHO FULFILLED DSM-III-R-CRITERIA FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION WITH SEASONAL PATTERN WERE RANDOMIZED IN A 4-WEEK TREATMENT STUDY WITH 900 MG OF HYPERICUM PER DAY COMBINED WITH EITHER BRIGHT (3000 LUX, N = 10) OR M(<300 LUX, N = 10) LIGHT CONDITION. LIGHT THERAPY WAS APPLIED FOR 2 HOURS DAILY. WE FOUND A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. OUR DATA SUGGEST THAT PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT WITH HYPERICUM MAY BE AN EFFICIENT THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER. |
| 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 |