Experiment 610965
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | PONS,P: ILLNAIT,J: MAS,R: RODRIGUEZ,M: ALEMAN,C: FERNANDEZ,JC: FERNANDEZ,L: MARTIN,M:. (1997). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POLICOSANOL VERSUS PROBUCOL IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA.. 58(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND PARALLEL, COMPARATIVE STUDY WAS PERFORMED ON 30 PATIENTS WITH TYPE IT PRIMARY HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA TO EVALATE THE EFFECT OF FOLICOSANOL AND PROBUCOL. PATIENTS WERE PLACED ON A CHOLESTEROL LOWERING DIET FOR 6 WEEKS, THEN EITHER POLICOSANOL (5MG TWICE DAILY FOR PROBUCOL (500 MG TWICE REDUCED TOTAL CHOLESTEROL (18%), LTD (22.7%) AND TRIGLYCERIDES (16.2%). FEW ADVERSE EFFECTS WERE REPORTED AND POLICOSANOL WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PROBUCOL. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |