Experiment 635440

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismTanacetum parthenium (ASTERACEAE)
CitationWALLER,PC: RAMSAY,LE: HYLANDS,DM: HYLANDS,PJ: JOHNSON,ES: KADAM,NP: MAC RAE,KD:. (1985). EFFICACY OF FEVERFEW AS PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE.. 291()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseA CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL OF FEVERFEW ON MIGRAINE PATIENTS. STATISTICAL MISTAKES WERE POINTED OUT. IT WAS ALSO ARGUED THAT THE STUDY WAS NOT BLIND. SINCE PATIENTS KNEW WHICH MEDICATION THEY WERE ON THE AUTHORS RESPONDED BY EXPLAINING THE METHOD OF STATISTICAL MEASUREMENT USED. ALSO, IT WAS ENFORCED THAT THE STUDY WAS BLIND INDEED. PATIENTS KNEW THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE EITHER FEVERFEW OR PLACEBO, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHICH.
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractLEAVES
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES