Experiment 626638
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Melaleuca alternifolia (MYRTACEAE) |
| Citation | SYED,TA: QURESHI,ZA: ALI,SM: AHMAD,S: AHMAD,SA:. (1999). TREATMENT OF TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS WITH 2% BUTENAFINE AND 5% MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA (TEA TREE) OIL IN CREAM.. 4(4) |
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| Disease | A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE CLINICAL EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF 2% BUTENAFINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND 5% MELAEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA OIL INCORPORATED IN A CREAM TO MANAGE TOENAIL ONYCHOMYCOSIS IN COHORT. SIXTY OUTPATIENTS (39 M, 21F) AGED 18-80 YEARS (MEAN 29.6) WITH 6-36 MONTHS DURATION OF DISEASE WERE RANDOMIZED TO TWO GROUPS (40 AND 20), ACTIVE AND PLACEBO. AFTER 16 WEEKS, 80% OF PATIENTS USING MEDICATED CREAM WERE CURED, AS OPPOSED TO NONE IN THE PLACEBO GROUP. FOUR PATIENTS IN THE ACTIVE TREATMENT GROUP EXPERIENCED SUBJECTIVE MILD INFLAMMATION WITHOUT DISCONTINUING TREATMENT. DURING FOLLOW-UP, NO RELAPSE OCCURRED IN CURED PATIENTS AND NO IMPROVEMENT WAS SEEN IN MEDICATION- RESISTANT AND PLACEBO PARTICIPANTS. |
| Dose amount | 5.0% |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | ESSENTIAL OIL |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |