Experiment 608455
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Dioscorea species (DIOSCOREACEAE) |
| Citation | ARAGHINIKNAM,M: CHUNG,SB: NELSON-WHITE,T: ESKELSON,C: WATSON,RR:. (1996). ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF DIOSCOREA AND DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE (DHEA) IN OLDER HUMANS.. 59(11) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF SEVEN SUBJECTS TREATED WITH A COMMERCIAL DIOSCOREA PRODUCT CONTAINING: WILD YAM EXTRACT 90% AND 10% AS KOLA NUT, COUNTRY MALLOW, CELLULOSE, ATLANTIC KELP, CAYENNE PEPPER, SILICA, ALOE VERA EXTRACT AND STERIC ACID. PATIENTS RECEIVED 2 PILLS/DAY FOR ONE WEEK, FOLLOWED BY 4 PILLS DAILY FOR 1 WEEK AND THEN 8 PILLS DAILY FOR 8 WEEKS. AFTER THE TREATMENT PERIOD THE DIOSCOREA-TREATED PATIENTS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER SERUM TRIGLYCERIDES AND PHOSPHOLIPID LEVELS, R SERUM LIPID PEROXIDATION AND INCREASED HDL LEVELS. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | TUBER |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |