Experiment 638707

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismPanax ginseng (ARALIACEAE)
CitationCHOI,KK: SEONG,DH: RHAMD,KH:. (1995). CLINICAL EFFICACY OF KOREAN RED GINSENG FOR ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION.. 7(40)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseTO A CLINICAL TRIAL ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF GINSENG TREATMENTS AS COMPARED TO PLACEBO AND OTHER DRUGS. A TOTAL OF 90 PATIENTS WITH 30 PATIENTS IN EACH GROUP WERE CLOSELY FOLLOWED. CHANGES IN SYMPTOMS SUCH AS FREQENCY OF INTERCOURSE, PREMATURE EJACULATION, AND MORNING ERECTIONS AFTER TREAMENT WERE NOT CHANGED IN ALL THREE GROUPS (P> 0.05). HOWEVER IN THE GROUP RECEIVING GINSENG, CHANGES IN EARLY DETUMESCENCE AND ERECTILE PARAMETERS SUCH AS PENILE RIGIDITY AND GIRTH, LIBIDO AND PT SATISFACTIONS WERE SIGNIFICANLTY HIGHER THAN THAT OF OTHER GROUPS (P<0.05). THE OVERALL THERAPEUTIC EFFICACIES ON ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION WERE 60% FOR GINSENG GROUP AND 30% FOR PLACEBO AND TRAZODONE TREATED GROUPS, STATISTICALLY CONFIRMING THE EFFECT OF GINSENG (P<0.05). NO COMPLETE REMISSION OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION WAS NOTED, BUT PARTIAL RESPONSES WERE REPORTED. NO CASES OF AGGRAVATION OF SYMPTOMS WERE REPORTED. AVS-PENOGRAM, WHICH IS A RECORDING OF PENILE HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES DURING THE NATURAL ERECTION AFTER AUDIOVISUAL EROTIC STIMULATION, IS NOT CHANGED AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF GINSENG. HOWEVER IF ADMINISTERED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME, THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT ON VASCULAR FLOW MIGHT BE SEEN.
Dose amount1.8 GM
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT
GenderMALE