Experiment 637578
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Panax ginseng (ARALIACEAE) |
| Citation | IMAMURA,Y: KUWASHIMA,K:. (1988). THE EFFECTS OF RED GINSENG ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSIVES.. 1988() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE EFFECTS OF RED GINSENG ON BLOOD PRESSURE (BP) AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE(QOL) IN 19 HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS WAS INVESTIGATED. RED GINSENG WAS ADMINISTERED AT A DOSAGE OF 3 GRAMS A DAY FOR 3 MONTHS. SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION PERIOD OF RED GINSENG, WHILE DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE REMAINED UNCHANGED QOL WAS SINGIFICANTLY IMPROVED IN 89% OF THE PATIENTS. AMONG THE QOL VARIABLES. SLEEP DISORDER, THIRST, FATIGUE, MOOD, SEXUAL LIFE AND GENERAL WELL-BEING WERE IMPROVED. FURTHERMORE, AN IMPROVED COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION OF R-R INTERVALS (CVR-R) WAS OBSERVED DURING THE PERIOD. A MONTH AFTER THE CESSATION OF RED GINSENG, SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE RETURNED TO THE LEVEL BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATION AND QOL VARIABLES DETERIORATED TO PREVIOUS PRE-TREATMENT STATES. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT RED GINSENG MAY LOWER SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSUE AND MAY IMPROVE QOL IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS. |
| Dose amount | 3.0 GM |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ROOT |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |