Experiment 569523
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Serenoa repens (ARECACEAE) |
| Citation | CARRERAS,JQ:. (1987). EXPERIENCE WITH A HEXANE EXTRACT OF SERENOA REPENS IN THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY.. 40(5) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE PRESENT STUDY SHOWS THAT TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY WITH HEXANIC EXTRACT OF SERENOA REPENS WAS EFFECTIVE IN MOST OF THE PATIENTS: EXCELLENT IN 67% AND GOOD IN 25%. WE BELIEVE THAT ITS EFFICACY CAN BE ASCRIBED TO ITS ANTI- ANDROGENIC (INHIBITOR OF DHT FORMATION) AND ANTIELEMATOUS PROPERTIES. NO SIDE EFFECTS OR TOXICITY FROM ITS USE WERE OBSERVED. GASTRIC TOLERANCE WAS EXCELLENT IN ALL PATIENTS. |
| Dose amount | 0.16 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HEXANE EXT |
| Gender | MALE |