Experiment 421259
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | WANG,BX: YUAN,SZ:. (1989). CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE TREATMENT OF LUPUS BY USING EXTRACTS OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII.. 9(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 23 CASES OF LUPUS WERE TREATED WITH AN EXTRACT EGUAL TO 5.0 GM OF ROOT PER TABLET DOSING WAS 3 TIMES DAILY. MOST OF THE PATIENTS ALSO RECEIVED CORTISONE TREATMENT (10-40 MG DAILY). THE CONTROL GROUP ONLY RECEIVED CORTISONE (30-60 MG PER DAY). THE SUBJECTS WERE MONITORED FOR 15 TO 21 MONTHS (AVERAGE WAS 5.6 MONTHS). CLINICAL OBSERVATION: IN THE TRIPTERYGIUM + CORTISONE GROUP, THERE WAS A DISAPPEARANCE OF RED MARKS ON THE FACE (8/12 CASES), RELIEF OF JOINT PAIN (7/10 CASES), RELIEF OF FEVER (2/5 CASES) AND RELIEF OF WEAKNESS (4/7 CASES). IN THE CONTROL GROUP (CORTISONE ONLY) THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS WERE IMPROVED IN 17/28 CASES, 7/15 CASES, 4/15 CASES AND 5/8 CASES, RESPECTIVELY. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |