Experiment 635038
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | JOHHNSON,D: SIEBENHUNER,G: HOFER,E: SAUERQEIN-GIESE,E: FRAUENDORF,A:. (1992). INFLUENCE OF ST.JOHN'S WORT ON CNS ACTIVITY.. 6() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION PROFILE (EVOKED POTENTIALS, QUANTITATIVE EEG) OF HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160 AND ITS EFFECTS ON SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING AND ON COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS WERE INVESTIGATED IN A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY. THE ACTION OF HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160 CORRESPONDS TO THAT OF AN ANTIDEPRESSANT OF AVERAGE EFFICACY, BOTH ACUTE AND CHRONIC NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT BEING OBSERVED. THE INCREASE IN COGNITIVE ACTIVITY IS REFLECTED BY THE SMALLER NUMBER OF ERRORS MADE IN MACKWORTH CLOCK TEST. NO ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS OCCURRED DURING THE 6 WEEKS OF TREATMENT WITH LI 101. HYPERICUM EXTRACT LI 160 HAD A PREDOMINANTLY ACTIVATING INFLUENCE ON THE VISUAL AND ACOUSTIC SYSTEM ALSO, SHOWED A RESTING EEG PROFILE TYPICAL OF AN ANTIDEPRESSANT. ALSO IN THE VIGILANCE TEST, THE VOLUNTEER MADE FEWER MISTAKSE AFTER TAKING LI 160 THAN UNDER PLACEBO. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, LI-160, WAS USED. |
| 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 |