Experiment 635102
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | SC |
| Organism | Viscum album (LORANTHACEAE) |
| Citation | STOSS,M: GORTER,RW:. (1998). NO EVIDENCE OF IFN-Y INCREASE IN THE SERUM OF HIV-POSITIVE AND HEALTHY SUBJECTS AFTER SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION OF A NON-FERMENTED VISCUM ALBUM L. EXTRACT.. 16(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | ISCADOR, AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF VISCUM ALBUM, IS USED TO DETERMINE IFN-GAMMA INCREASE IN SERUM OF HIV-POSITIVE AND HEALTHY SUBJECTS. 5 HEALTHY SUBJECTS AND 13-HIV PATIENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE TRIAL. THE RESULTS OF THE TRAIL SHOWED NO DETECTABLE EFFECT ON SERUM IFN-GAMMA CONCENTRATION IN HIV-POSITIVES AND HIV NEGATIVES AFTER REPEATED ADMINISTRATIONS OF VAQUFIF OVER SEVERAL WEEKS. IN 10 OF THE 13 HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS, SERUM IFN-GAMMA LEVELS WERE ALWAYS BELOW THE DETECTION LIMIT OF THE METHOD ONLY IN 2 PATIENTS WAS THERE AN INCREASE AT THE TWO HIGHEST DOSE LEVELS, WHILE IN 1 PATIENT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A FALL IN IFN-GAMMA VALUES. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, ISCADOR, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | VAR MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | H2O EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |