Experiment 637533
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | PACKER,L: RIMBACH,G: VIRGILI,F:. (1999). ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND BIOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF A PROCYANIDIN-RICH EXTRACT FROM PINE (PINUS MARITIMA) BARK, PYCNOGENOL.. 37(5/6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE SENESCENCE ACCELERATED STRAIN OF MICE (SAMP8), WHICH DISPLAYS SOME OF THE DYSFUNCTIONS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM CHARACTERISTIC OF SENESCENCE. HAS BEEN UTILIZED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PYC MAY RESTORE THE IMMUNE AND HEMOPOIETIC FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ALTERED IN THE AGING PROCESS. SUPPLEMENTATION WITH 5 OR 10 MG/KG B,WT/D PYC BY INTRAGASTRIC PERFUSION WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF THE SEVERLY DEPRESSED B- AND T-LYMPHOCYTE RESPONSE TO MITOGENS AND WITH AN INCREASED NUMBER OF ANTIBODY-FORMING CELLS. |
| Dose amount | 10.0 MG |
| Number | 5 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | MOUSE |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |