Experiment 635435
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Cimicifuga racemosa (RANUNCULACEAE) |
| Citation | COMBEST,WL:. (1999). BLACK COHOSH. THIS POPULAR NATIVE AMERICAN HERB IS USED WORLDWIDE TO TREAT MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS.. 24(9) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL IN 110 POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN, IN WHICH HALF WERE TREATED WITH REMIFEMIN (8 MG DAILY) FOR 8 WEEKS, RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN MONOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS FOR THOSE RECEIVING REMIFEMIN. BLOOD LEVELS OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH), BUT NOT FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH), WERE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN THE TREATMENT GROUP. MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE ARE BELIEVED TO RESULT FROM ELEVATED BLOOD LEVELS OF LH. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, REMIFEMIN, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 8.0 MG |
| Number | 7 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | FEMALE |