Experiment 636866
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Hypericum perforatum (CLUSIACEAE) |
| Citation | JOSEY,ES: TACKETT,RL:. (1999). ST.JOHN'S WORT: A NEW ALTERNATIVE FOR DEPRESSION?. 37(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A DOUBLE-BLIND STUDY FOCUSED ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HYPERICUM COMPARED TO PLACEBO IN A SIX-WEEK TRIAL. AFTER FOUR WEEKS OF TREATMENT. 81% OF PATIENTS ON HYPERICUM THERAPY WERE CLASSIFIED AS RESPONDERS, WHEREAS ONLY 26% RESPONDED WITH PLACEBO TREATMENT. DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF STUDY, THE PLACEBO GROUP WAS GIVEN HYPERICUM THERAPY INSTEAD OF PLACEBO. THIS CHANGE RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT AMONG THE PLACEBO GROUP, WHILE THE TREATMENT GROUP CONTINUED TO IMPROVE. ONLY ONE PATIENT OUT OF 33 IN THE TREATMENT GROUP COMPLAINED OF A MILD SIDE-EFFECT INVOLVING SLEEP DISTURBANCE. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, JARSIN 300, WAS USED. |
| Dose amount | 900.0 MG |
| Number | 4 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | HYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |