Experiment 635112
Worktypes
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | LAL,B: KAPOOR,AK: ASTHANA,OP: AGRAWAL,PK: PRASAD,R: KUMAR,P: SRIMAL,RC:. (1999). EFFICACY OF CURCUMIN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ANTERIOR UVEITIS.. 13(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 53 PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC UVEITIS WERE ENROLLED IN THIS STUDY AND CURCUMIN WAS GIVEN IN A 12 WEEK STUDY. THE PATIENTS WERE DIVIDED TO TWO GROUPS, ONE GROUP ONLY RECEIVED CURCUMIN ONLY AND THE OTHER GROUP RECEIVED ADDITION OF ANTITUBERCULAR TREATMENT. ALL PATIENST IMPROVED AFTER 2 WEEKS OF TREATMENT. FOLLOWUP OF ALL THE PATIENTS FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS INDICATED A RECURRENCE RATE OF 55% IN THE FIRST GROUP AND OF 36% IN THE SECOND GROUP. THE EFFICACY OF CURCUMIN AND RECURRENCES FOLLOWING TREATMENT ARE COMPARABLE TO CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY WHICH IS PRESENTLY THE ONLY AVAILABLE STANDARD TREATMENT FOR THIS DISEASE. |
| Dose amount | 1.20 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |