Experiment 626749
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | WHEATLEY,D:. (1999). HYPERICUM IN SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER (SAD).. 15(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | VOLUNTEERS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SAD ASSOCIATION TOOK PART IN A POSTAL SURVEY, BEFORE AND AFTER EIGHT WEEKS' TREATMENT WITH HYPERICUM (KIRA) USING AN 11-ITEM RATING SCALE. THE MAXIMUM SCORE IS 44 AND THE MEAN SCORE IN 168 PATIENTS USING KIRA ALONE WAS 21.3. THIS FELL TO 13 AT ENDPOINT (P<0.001). THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR 133 PATIENTS USING KIRA + LIGHT THERPAY WERE 20.6 AND 11.8, RESPECTIVELY (P<0.001). IN BOTH GROUPS, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN ANXIETY, LOSS OF LIBIDO AND INSOMNIA. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT BETWEEN-GROUP DIFFERENCES ON ANY MEASURE EXCEPT THAT IMPROVEMENT IN SLEEP WAS GREATER IN THE KIRA + LIGHT GROUP (P<0.01). ON THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY, HYPERICUM WOULD APPEAR TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR SAD. |
| Dose amount | 900.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |