Experiment 401461

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismVitex agnus-castus (LAMIACEAE)
CitationBECKER,H:. (1991). HEMMUNG DER PROLAKTINSEKRETION. WIRKPRINZIP EINES AGNUS-HALTIGEN KOMBINATIONSARZNEIMITTELS.. 4()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseINCREASED PROLACTIN LEVELS ARE COMBINED WITH DISORDERS IN MENSTRUATION. THE EXTENSION OF THE MENSTRUATION DISORDER DEPENDS ON THE HEIGHT OF THE PROLACTIN LEVEL. SLIGHTLY INCREASED PROLACTIN VALUES CORRELATE TO A CORPUS LUTEUM INSUFFICIENCY. AMENORRHOEA CAN BE REGISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH PROLACTIN VALUES OVER 50 NG/ML. CONCERNING A CORPUS LUTEUM INSUFFICIENCY, SYMPTOMS SUCH AS CYCLICAL MASTAGLIA, PREMENSTRUAL SYDROME AND DISORDERS IN MENSTRUATION AND FERTILITY ARE TYPICALLY. REASONS FOR A TREATMENT WITH MASTODYNON OVER SEVERAL MONTHS WERE IN 6 CASES DISORDERS IN FERTILITY AND IN ONE CASE A CYCLICAL MASTALGIA. AT THE BEGINNING OF TREATMENT ALL 7 WOMEN WERE HYPERPROLACTINEMIC. IN 5 WOMEN, TREATMENT REDUCED THE INCREASED PROLACTIN TO A NORMAL RANGE (5-20 NG/ML) OR TO AN UPPER LIMIT (MAX. 25 NG/ML). BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF TREATMENT AND THE BOTH FOLLOWING CONTROL CHECK-UPS, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE OF THE MEAN PROLACTIN VALUE WAS RECORDED.
Dose amountVAR
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT
GenderFEMALE