Experiment 47461

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeSC
OrganismEchinacea purpurea (ASTERACEAE)
CitationKOCH,E: UEBEL,H:. (1953). EXPERIMENTAL STUDY CONCERNING THE LOCAL ACTION OF ECHINACEA PURPUREA ON TISSUES.. 3()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTHE COMMERCIAL PRODUCT ECHINACIN WAS TESTED. THE ANTIINFECTIOUS ACTIVITY OF THE EXTRACT IN INFECTIONS OF GUINEA PIGS WITH STREPTOCOCCI WAS STUDIED. PRETREATMENT OF THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF THE ANIMALS WITH THE EXTRACT CAUSED A RETARDATION AND LOCALIZATION OF THE INFECTIONS. PRETREATMENT WITH FORMALIN CAUSED A RAPID SPREADING WHICH WAS FATAL IN MOST CASES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE PROTECTIVE ACTION OF THE EXTRACT WAS BASED ON AN INACTIVATION OF HYALURONIDASE AND INDIRECT INCREASE IN FIBROBLASTS.
Dose amountVAR
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalGUINEA PIG
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractH2O EXT