Experiment 635415
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IM |
| Organism | Aesculus hippocastanum (HIPPOCASTANACEAE) |
| Citation | TAKEGOSHI,K: TOHYAMA,T: OKUDA,K: SUZUKI,K: OHTA,G:. (1986). A CASE OF VENOPLANT-INDUCED HEPATIC INJURY.. 21(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE FIRST CASE OF HEPATIC INJURY INDUCED BY VENOPLANT, EXTRACTS OF AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM, HAVING ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITIES, WAS DESCRIBED. A 37 YR-OLD MAN WAS ADMITTED FOR TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE OF THE LEFT BRACIAL BONE. HE HAD BEEN RECEIVING 65 MG VENOPLANT AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE ADMISSION. 17 DAYS LATER, A LIVER FUNCTION TEST SHOWED MILD ABNORMALITY AND 60 DAYS AFTER INJECTION, HE COMPLAINED OF PRURITUS AND JAUNDICE. LABORATORY STUDIES REVEALED MODERATE ELEVATION OF TOTAL BILIRUBIN, ALP, GAMMA-GTP AND MILD EOSINOPHILIA. CT STUDIES AND ERC SHOWED NO SIGNS OF EXTRAHEPATIC OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE. THE LYMPHOCYTE STIMULATION TEST WAS POSITIVE. THE LIVER BIOPSY DEMONSTRATED MARKED CHOLESTASIS WITH ZONAL NECROSIS IN THE CENTRILOBULAR AREAS BUT SHOWED LITTLE OR NO CHANGES IN THE PORTATRACTS. THESE FEATURES ARE CONSISTENT WITH DRUG-INDUCED HEPATIC INJURY. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, VENOPLANT, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 65.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | LEAF + STEMBARK |
| Gender | MALE |