Experiment 394369
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Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Ginkgo biloba (GINKGOACEAE) |
| Citation | RAAHE,A: RAAHE,M: MARBURG,PI:. (1991). THERAPY MONITORING WITH AUTOMATED PERIMETRY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC CEREBRORETINAL INSUFFICIENCY. A DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY WITH GRADUATED DOSES OF EGB 761.. 199(1991) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A NEW METHOD AUTOMATED PERIMETRY WITH THE OCTOPUS 2000 P OFFERS A PATIENT-FRIENDLY PROCEDURE FOR INDIRECT NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS OF CIRCULATORY STATE IN LIMITED CEREBRAL RETINAL PERFUSION IN THE PRESENT STUDY MEASUREMENTS WERE MADE WITH THIS METHOD ON 24 PATIENTS (4 MEN AND 20 WOMEN WITH AN AGE OF 74.9-6.9 YEARS). THE EFFECT OF THE EXTRACT OF GINKGO BILOBA (EGB 761) ON THE REVERSIBILITY OF VISUAL FIELD DISTURBANCES WAS TESTED USING A RANDOMIZED AND DOUBLE BLIND STUDY-DESIGN IN TWO PHASES AND WITH TWO DOSE LEVELS. THE MAIN PARAMETER INVESTIGATED IN THIS STUDY WAS THE CHANGE IN THE LUMINOUS DENSITY DIFFERENCE THERSHHOLD AFTER THERAPY WITH EGB 761. IN GROUP B (EGB 761 DOSE 160 MG EGB 761/DAY) A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN RETINAL SENSITIVITY WAS SEEN WITHIN 4 WEEKS (P<0.05). IN THE LOWER DOSE (80 MG EGB 761/DAY) GROUP (A), THIS CHANGE IN RETINAL SENSITIVITY WAS FIRST SEEN AFTER INCREASING THE DOSE TO 160 MG/DAY (P<0.01). |
| Dose amount | 160.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(100%)EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |