Experiment 635012

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismHypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE)
CitationJOHNSON,D: KSCIUK,H: WOELK,H: SAUERWEIN-GIESE,E: FRAUENDORF,A:. (1993). EFFECTS OF HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160 COMPARED WITH MAPROTILINE ON RESTING EEG AND EVOKED POTENTIALS IN 24 VOLUNTEERS.. 12()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseIN A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY THE EFFECT OF HYPERICUM EXTRACT WAS COMPARED TO THAT OF MAPROTILINE IN 24 HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS. THE INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDED MEASUREMENTS OF RESTING EEG AS WELL AS VISUAL AND ACOUSTIC EVOKED POETNTIALS IN RESTING EEG. BOTH MEDICATIONS REVEALED OPPOSITELY DIRECTED CHANGES IN THETA FREQUENCIES AND SIMILARLY DIRECTED CHANGES IN ALPHA AND BETA FREQUENCIES. MEASUREMENTS OF EVOKED POTENTIALS IN THE THETA AND BETA FREQUENCES SUPPORTED THESE RESULTS. THE RESULTS INDICATE IMPROVED COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS MAINLY WITH THE TREATMENT OF HYPERICUM EXTRACT. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, LI-160, WAS USED.
Dose amount300.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES