Experiment 488961
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Urtica dioica (URTICACEAE) |
| Citation | KRZESKI,T: KAZON,M: BORKOWSKI,A: WITESKA,A: KUCZERA,J:. (1993). COMBINED EXTRACTS OF URTICA DIOICA AND PYGEUM AFRICANUM IN THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: DOUBLE-BLIND COMPARISON OF TWO DOSES.. 15(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 134 PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMS OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS. ONE GROUP RECEIVED STANDARD DOSE (300 MG OF URTICA DIOICA AND 25 MG OF PRUNUS AFRICANA) AND THE OTHER GROUP RECEIVED HALF THE STANDARD DOSE. AFTER 28 DAYS OF TREATMENT, URINE FLOW, RESIDUAL URINE, AND NYCTURIA WERE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN BOTH TREATMENT GROUPS; AND NO SIDE EFFECTS WERE FOUND. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT HALF DOSES OF THE URTICA AND PRUNUS EXTRACT ARE AS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AS THE RECOMMENDED FULL DOSES. |
| Dose amount | 300.0 MG |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ROOT |
| Gender | MALE |