Experiment 636837
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | NORDFORS,M: HARTVIG,P:. (1997). ST JOHN'S WORT IN THE TREATMENT OF MILD DEPRESSION.. 94(25) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | EXTRACTS OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM, ST.JOHN'S WORT, HAVE BEEN USED SINCE ANTIQUITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOM. IN 25 CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS WHERE HYPERICUM EXTRACT WAS COMPARED WITH PLACEBO AND ESTABLISHED ANTIDEPRESSANT, IMPROVEMENT WAS OBTAINED IN 61 PERCENT OF PATIENTS ON LOW-DOSE TREATMENT)<1.2 MG HYPERICUM EXTRACT), AND IN 75 PERCENT OF PATIENTS TREATED WIETH A HIGHER DOSE (2.7 MG). THE SIDE EFFECTS WERE MILD AND OCCURED AT LOWER FREQUENCY THAN DID THOSE OF OTHER ANTIDEPRESSANTS. |
| Dose amount | VAR |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |