Experiment 596473
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cimicifuga racemosa (RANUNCULACEAE) |
| Citation | GUNN,TR: WRIGHT,IM:. (1996). THE USE OF BLACK AND BLUE COHOSH IN LABOUR.. 82() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | CASE REPORT: FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL PREGNANCY, A MIDWIFE ATTEMPTED INDUCTION OF LABOUR USING A COMBINATION OF BLUE AND BLACK COHOSH GIVEN ORALLY. AFTER A NORMAL LABOUR A 3840G FEMALE WAS BORN. APGAR SCORES WERE 1,4 AND 5 AT 1,5 AND 10 MINUTES WITH NO SPONTANEOUS BREATHING. TWO INDEPENDENT MIDWIVES WERE PRESENT AND GAVE CARDIAC MASSAGE AND BAG AND MASK OXYGEN. THE BABY GASPED AT 30 MINUTES AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITAL. SEIZURES, ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS AND MECHANICAL VENTILATION FOLLOWED. CT SHOWED BASAL GANGLIA AND PARASAGITTAL HYPOXIC INJURY. AT 3 MONTHS THERE WAS LOWER LIMB SPASTICITY AND SHE STILL REQUIRE NASOGASTRIC TUBE FEEDING. |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN(PREGNANT) |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TYPE EXT NOT STATED |