Experiment 584756

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismSerenoa repens (ARECACEAE)
CitationCHAMPAULT,G: PATEL,JC: BONNARD,AM:. (1984). A DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL OF AN EXTRACT OF THE PLANT SERENOA REPENS IN BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA.. 18()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseBOTH OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE SIGNS WERE IMPROVED. THIS IMPROVEMENT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SUPERIOR TO THAT ACHIEVED WITH PLACEBO. THUS AS PREDICTED BY PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES PA109 WOULD THEREFORE APPEAR TO BE USEFUL THERAPEUTIC TOOL IN THE TREATMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA. PA109 WAS EXTREMELY WELL TOLERATED WITH LESS SIDE-EFFECTS BEING REPORTED DURING THE STUDY BY PATIENTS RECEIVING PA109(FIVE REPORTS) THAN THOSE RECEIVEING PLACEBO(11 REPORTS). ALL SIDE EFFECTS REPORTED WERE MINOR(E.G.HEADACHE).
Dose amount320.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHEXANE EXT
GenderMALE