Experiment 634987
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Serenoa repens (ARECACEAE) |
| Citation | SEGARS,LW:. (1999). SAW PALMETTO EXTRACTS FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA.. 48(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A REVIEW OF THE CLINICAL TRIALS FOR SAW PALMETTO EXTRACTS IN BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA. RESULTS SHOWED S.REPENS APPEARS BETTER THAN PLACEBO AND EQUAL TO FINASTERIDE. THE REVIEW INCLUDED RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS CONDUCTED FOR AN AVERAGE DURATION OF 9 WEEKS. THE PRIMARY OUTCOME WAS THE EFFICACY OF SAW PALMETTO EXTRACTS IN ALTERING UROLOGICAL SYMPTOM SCORES. OTHER OUTCOMES INCLUDED MEAN AND PEAK URINE FLOW, RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME, PROSTATE SIZE AND NOCTURIA. ALL THE ABOVE PARAMETERS IMPROVED. ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION WAS ENCOUNTERED EQUALLY IN PLACEBO AND SAW PALMETTO-TREATED PATIENTS AND LESS THAN WITH FINASERIDE (P<0.001). |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HEXANE EXT |
| Gender | MALE |