Experiment 637556
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Allium sativum (LILIACEAE) |
| Citation | AUER,W: EIBER,A: HERTKORN,E: HOEHFELD,E: KOEHRLE,U: LORENZ,A: MADER,F: MERX,W: OTTO,G: SCHMID-OTTO,B: TAUBENHEIM,H:. (1990). HYPERTENSION AND HYPERLIPIDAEMIA: GARLIC HELPS IN MILD CASES.. 69() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 47 NON-HOSPITALISED PATIENTS WITH MILD HYPERTENSION TOOK PART IN A RANDOMISED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOUBLE-BLIND TRIAL CONDUCTED BY 11 GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. THE PATIENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED HAD DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURES BETWEEN 95 AND 104 MM HG AFTER A 2-WEEK ACCLIMATISATION PHASE. THE PATIENTS THEN TOOK EITHER A PREPARATION OF GARLIC POWDER (KWAI) OR A PLACEBO OF IDENTICAL APPEARANCE FOR 12 WEEKS. BLOOD PRESSURE AND PLASMA LIPIDS WERE MONITORED DURING TREATMENT AFTER 4, 8 AND 12 WKS. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PLACEBO AND THE DRUG GROUP WERE FOUND DURING THE COURSE OF THERAPY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SUPINE DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE GROUP HAVING GARLIC TREATMENT FELL FROM 102 TO 91 MM HG AFTER 8 WEEKS (P<0.01) AND TO 89 MM HG AFTER 12 WKS (P < 0.01). THE SERUM CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AFTER 8 AND 12 WEEKS OF TREATMENT. IN THE PLACEBO GROUP, ON THE OTHER HAND, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OCCURRED. A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, KWAI, WAS USED. |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | BULB |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |