Experiment 597085
Worktypes
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Panax ginseng (ARALIACEAE) |
| Citation | SORENSEN,H: SONNE,J:. (1996). A DOUBLE-MASKED STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF GINSENG ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS.. 57(12) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE EFFECT OF A PURE GINSENG PREPARATION ON A VARIETY OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS WAS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF PLACEBO IN A DOUBLE-MASKED, RANDOMIZED, TEST-RETEST DESIGN. THE SUBJECTS WERE HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS OLDER THAN 40 YEARS OF AGE WHO WERE GIVEN THE GINSENG PREPARATION OR PLACEBO FOR 8 TO 9 WEEKS. OF THE 112 SUBJECTS WHO COMPLEDTED THE STUDY, 55 RECEIVED GINSENG AND 57 RECEIVED PLACEBO. THE GINSENG GROUP SHOWED A TENDENCY TO FASTER SIMPLE REACTIONS AND SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER ABSTRACT THINKING THAN THE CONTROLS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS IN CONCENTRATION, MEMORY, OR SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE. |
| Dose amount | 400.0 MG |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ROOT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |