Experiment 584739

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismEleutherococcus senticosus (ARALIACEAE)
CitationMC RAE,S:. (1995). ELEVATED SERUM DIGOXIN LEVELS IN A PATIENT TAKING DIGOXIN AND SIBERIAN GINSENG.. 155(3)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseA CASE REPORT OF A 74 YEAR OLD MAN TAKING A CONSTANT DOSE OF DIGOXIN FOR MANY YEARS WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN ELEVATED SERUM DIGOXIN LEVEL WITH NO SIGN OF TOXIC EFFECTS. THE PATIENT REVEALED THAT HE WAS TAKING "SIBERIAN GINSENG". THE PATIENT STOPPED TAKING THE "SIBERIAN GINSENG" AND THE SERUM DIGOXIN LEVELS DECREASED TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL. NO ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE PRODUCT CONTAINED "SIBERIAN GINSENG" OR WAS CONTAMINATED.
Number2
Qualitative result.
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractROOT
GenderMALE